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9%OFFMaren Klawiter - The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer: Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism - 9780816651085 - V9780816651085
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The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer: Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism

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Description for The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer: Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JPW; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.

For nearly forty years, feminists and patient activists have argued that medicine is a deeply individualizing and depoliticizing institution. According to this view, medical practices are incidental to people’s transformation from patients to patient activists. The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer turns this understanding upside down.

 

Maren Klawiter analyzes the evolution of the breast cancer movement to show the broad social impact of how diseases come to be medically managed and publicly administered. Examining surgical procedures, adjuvant therapies, early detection campaigns, and the rise in discourses of risk, Klawiter demonstrates that these practices created a change in the social relations-if not ... Read more

 

The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer opens a window onto a larger set of changes currently transforming medically advanced societies and ultimately challenges our understanding of the origins, politics, and future of the breast cancer movement.

 

Maren Klawiter holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently pursuing a law degree at Yale University.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
585g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816651085
SKU
V9780816651085
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