Bodies Unbound : Gender-Specific Cancer and Biolegitimacy / Piper Sledge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sledge, Piper, Author.

Series:

Critical Issues in Health and Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Psychology.

Breast.

Breast Neoplasms--psychology.

Mastectomy.

Gender Identity.

Medical Subjects:

Breast Neoplasms--psychology.

Mastectomy.

Gender Identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.) : 4 tables, 3 halftones

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 professionals use their position of authority to dictate which combinations of bodies and genders are legitimate or not.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Nov 2021)

ISBN:

1-9788-1582-4

OCLC:

1231607599