TY - BOOK

T1 - Cicatrius (in)visibles

T2 - Cancer de pit and perspectives feministas

A2 - Porroche-Escudero, Ana

A2 - Coll-Planas, Gerard

A2 - Riba, Caterina

PY - 2016/3

Y1 - 2016/3

N2 - Cicatrius (in)visibles (The Invisible Scars), a new book edited by Ana Porroche-Escudero, Gerard Coll-Planas, and Caterina Riba was published in March (2016) by Capsa de Pandora. The book, translated into in Catalan, demystifies the dominant discourses of pink ribbon culture, analyzes androcentric, political, and economic biases in breast cancer biomedicine, and explores embodied resistance to socially constructed body rules and conventions about breast cancer.The editors are seeking opportunities to translate and publish the book in English and Spanish, so stay tuned!Table of Contents:Preface. Breast cancer: the feminist rebellion has just started – Mari Luz EstebanChapter 1. Introduction – Ana Porroche-Escudero*, Caterina Riba and Gerard Coll-PlanasPART I. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF BREAST CANCERChapter 2. The ideological context of the experience of breast cancer – Gerard Coll-PlanasChapter 3. Breast cancer movements: history, ideologies and politics – Gayle Sulik*Chapter 4. Critical analysis of breast cancer awareness campaigns – Ana Porroche-Escudero*Chapter 5. Cancer’s margins: sexual minorities, cancer care, knowledge and subjectivities – Geneviève Rail, Mary Bryson, Tae Hart, Jacqueline Gahagan and Janice RistockPART II. ANDROCENTRIC, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BIASES IN MEDICINEChapter 6. Breast cancer: the relationship with the environmental and working conditions – Carme Valls-LlobetChapter 7. Controversies on breast cancer screening: does it save lives or does it damage health? – Júlia Ojuel and Grazia de Michele*Chapter 8. Breast reconstruction: The multiple ways to reconstruct femininity? An analysis of the strategies of femininity construction after mastectomy – Cinzia Greco*Chapter 9. The social context of oncofertility – Dorothy RobertsChapter 10. Sexual desire, embodied knowledge and women cancer patients’ realization of their sexual rights- Ana Porroche-Escudero* and Begoña ArrietaPART III. PLURALISTIC FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF BREAST CANCERChapter 11. Taking responsibility for one’s body. Alternative narratives of cancer – Caterina RibaChapter 12. Economic rights of persons living with cancer – Ana Porroche-Escudero* and Beatriz FigueroaChapter 13. Experiences and expressions of a contraphobic – Victoria FernándezChapter 14. Oncogrrrls: dance as a political space for creating new narratives of breast cancer – Caro Novella and Marisa PaituvíChapter 15. Autobiography of a cancer-butch – Ainhoa IruetaEpilogue – Teresa Forcades i Vila

AB - Cicatrius (in)visibles (The Invisible Scars), a new book edited by Ana Porroche-Escudero, Gerard Coll-Planas, and Caterina Riba was published in March (2016) by Capsa de Pandora. The book, translated into in Catalan, demystifies the dominant discourses of pink ribbon culture, analyzes androcentric, political, and economic biases in breast cancer biomedicine, and explores embodied resistance to socially constructed body rules and conventions about breast cancer.The editors are seeking opportunities to translate and publish the book in English and Spanish, so stay tuned!Table of Contents:Preface. Breast cancer: the feminist rebellion has just started – Mari Luz EstebanChapter 1. Introduction – Ana Porroche-Escudero*, Caterina Riba and Gerard Coll-PlanasPART I. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF BREAST CANCERChapter 2. The ideological context of the experience of breast cancer – Gerard Coll-PlanasChapter 3. Breast cancer movements: history, ideologies and politics – Gayle Sulik*Chapter 4. Critical analysis of breast cancer awareness campaigns – Ana Porroche-Escudero*Chapter 5. Cancer’s margins: sexual minorities, cancer care, knowledge and subjectivities – Geneviève Rail, Mary Bryson, Tae Hart, Jacqueline Gahagan and Janice RistockPART II. ANDROCENTRIC, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BIASES IN MEDICINEChapter 6. Breast cancer: the relationship with the environmental and working conditions – Carme Valls-LlobetChapter 7. Controversies on breast cancer screening: does it save lives or does it damage health? – Júlia Ojuel and Grazia de Michele*Chapter 8. Breast reconstruction: The multiple ways to reconstruct femininity? An analysis of the strategies of femininity construction after mastectomy – Cinzia Greco*Chapter 9. The social context of oncofertility – Dorothy RobertsChapter 10. Sexual desire, embodied knowledge and women cancer patients’ realization of their sexual rights- Ana Porroche-Escudero* and Begoña ArrietaPART III. PLURALISTIC FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF BREAST CANCERChapter 11. Taking responsibility for one’s body. Alternative narratives of cancer – Caterina RibaChapter 12. Economic rights of persons living with cancer – Ana Porroche-Escudero* and Beatriz FigueroaChapter 13. Experiences and expressions of a contraphobic – Victoria FernándezChapter 14. Oncogrrrls: dance as a political space for creating new narratives of breast cancer – Caro Novella and Marisa PaituvíChapter 15. Autobiography of a cancer-butch – Ainhoa IruetaEpilogue – Teresa Forcades i Vila

KW - breast cancer

KW - political economy of health

KW - women's health

KW - Interdisciplinarity

KW - Catalonia

KW - Spain

KW - embodiment

KW - feminism

KW - gender

UR - http://breastcancerconsortium.net/invisible-scars-feminist-perspectives-breast-cancer/

M3 - Book

BT - Cicatrius (in)visibles

PB - Eumo Editorial, Universitat de Vic

CY - Vic

ER -