Breast Cancer and the Post-Surgical Body : Recovering the Self - S. Crompvoets

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Breast Cancer and the Post-Surgical Body

Recovering the Self

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Hardcover | 13 April 2006 | Edition Number 1

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List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Acronyms An Unacceptable Body Narratives of the Self Pink Advocacy: Camaraderie, Competition and the Making of a Breast Cancer Career Practices and Prostheses Breast Reconstruction Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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List of Tables and Figures	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xii
An Unacceptable Body	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Entering the field	p. 5
Getting interviews participants	p. 6
Research setting	p. 7
The interview	p. 7
Involvement, detachment and responsibility	p. 8
Debriefing	p. 10
Presentation of the self as researcher	p. 11
Demographics of interview participants	p. 12
Breast cancer incidence	p. 14
Breast cancer surgery	p. 14
Prostheses	p. 15
Reconstruction	p. 16
Approaches to breast cancer and the post-surgical body	p. 16
Femininity, gender and embodiment	p. 18
Language as discourse	p. 20
Performing the body	p. 21
Book structure	p. 23
Narratives of the Self	p. 26
Introduction: Narrative analysis	p. 26
Framing of narrative	p. 28
Nell	p. 29
Rita	p. 38
Jacqui	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 57
Pink Advocacy: Camaraderie, Competition and the Making of a Breast Cancer Career	p. 64
Introduction	p. 64
The breast cancer movement	p. 67
The emergence of breast cancer-specific organizations	p. 68
Grass-roots organizations	p. 69
The National Women's Health Policy and the establishment of national breast cancer organizations	p. 71
Breast cancer in the media	p. 74
Pretty in pink	p. 76
Staying positive	p. 78
The making of a breast cancer career	p. 79
Giving something back	p. 81
'Only a lumpectomy': Hierarchy in breast cancer support groups	p. 82
The 'right' breast cancer identity	p. 84
Getting a 'seat at the table'	p. 85
The challenge of 'going without'	p. 87
A dangerous discourse	p. 93
Practices and Prostheses	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
Meanings of mastectomy	p. 98
Integrating a prosthesis into the self	p. 103
The 'Breast Care Package'	p. 104
Marketing prostheses	p. 107
Framing the post-surgical body	p. 109
Comfort, confidence and security	p. 110
Getting 'back to normal'	p. 114
Daily practices of prostheses	p. 115
Conclusion	p. 118
Breast Reconstruction	p. 121
Introduction	p. 121
Implants	p. 122
Flap methods	p. 122
Feminist debates about cosmetic surgery	p. 123
Comfort, control or conformity?	p. 124
Reasons for seeking reconstruction	p. 125
The context of breast restoration decision making	p. 132
Reconstructing the self	p. 136
Conclusion	p. 142
Conclusions	p. 144
Notes	p. 151
Bibliography	p. 164
Index	p. 176
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