Beyond Slash, Burn, and Poison : Transforming Breast Cancer Stories into Action /

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Drawing on the writings of Rachel Carson, Betty Ford, Rose Kushner, and Audre Lorde, this book explores the various ways in which patient-centered texts continue to leave their mark on the political realm of breast cancer and, ultimately, the disease itself. Ordered chronologically, the selections t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knopf-Newman, Marcy Jane, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lorde, Audre.
Kushner, Rose.
Ford, Betty, > 1918-2011.
Carson, Rachel, > 1907-1964.
Borstkanker.
Cancer patients' writings, American.
Breast > Cancer > Social aspects.
autobiography (genre)
Changement social.
Autobiographie.
Écrits de cancereux americains.
Sein > Cancer > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Social Change
Patient Rights
Mastectomy > psychology
Mastectomy > history
Drug Therapy > psychology
Drug Therapy > history
Autobiographies as Topic
Breast Neoplasms > psychology
Social change.
Autobiography.
Breast > Cancer > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Miss Carson goes to Washington: Rachel Carson's public silence
  • Media medical interventions: Betty Ford's public(ity) pedagogy
  • Rose Kushner versus the medical establishment: defending a woman's right to choose
  • Toward truth and reconciliation: Audre Lorde's revision of breast cancer narratives
  • Conclusion: taking action.

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