Bodies Unbound : Gender-Specific Cancer and Biolegitimacy /

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Bodies Unbound is a story about the relationship between bodies and gender. Drawing on the experiences of individuals whose bodies and gender identities don't match medical and social expectations, Piper Sledge explores how ideologies of gendered bodies shape medical care when medical professio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sledge, Piper (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Colección:Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Temas:
Breast > Cancer > Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
medical care, gendered bodies shape, transgender men, preventative gynecological care, gynecological care, cisgender men, cancer, breast cancer, cisgender women, cisgender, prophylactic mastectomies, bodies, gender, medical, medicine, medical professionals, gynecological, Mastectomy, surgery, Surgical Cancer Care, healthcare, womanhood, femininity, Biolegitimacy, elective prophylactic mastectomy, BRCA positive diagnoses, BRCA, transgender, social expectations.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Cancer in the Public Imagination
  • Chapter 1 Entering Enemy Territory?
  • Chapter 2 Choosing Mastectomy
  • Chapter 3 Returning to Normal
  • Chapter 4 Ideologies of Gender in Surgical Cancer Care
  • Conclusion: Gendered Biolegitimacy and the Medical Profession
  • Appendix A: Methodological Note
  • Appendix B: Internet Resources on Flat Closures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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