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041	0		_aEnglish
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100	1		_aDeShazer, Mary K. _4auth
245	1	0	_aMammographies : The Cultural Discourses of Breast Cancer Narratives
260			_aAnn Arbor _bUniversity of Michigan Press _c20130610
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aWhile breast cancer continues to affect the lives of millions, contemporary writers and artists have responded to the ravages of the disease in creative expression. Mary K. DeShazer’s book looks specifically at breast cancer memoirs and photographic narratives, a category she refers to as mammographies, signifying both the imaging technology by which most Western women discover they have this disease and the documentary imperatives that drive their written and visual accounts of it. Mammographies argues that breast cancer narratives of the past ten years differ from their predecessors in their bold address of previously neglected topics such as the link between cancer and environmental carcinogens, the ethics and efficacy of genetic testing and prophylactic mastectomy, and the shifting politics of prosthesis and reconstruction. Mammographies is distinctive among studies of contemporary illness narratives in its exclusive focus on breast cancer, its analysis of both memoirs and photographic texts, its attention to hybrid and collaborative narratives, and its emphasis on ecological, genetic, transnational, queer, and anti-pink discourses. DeShazer’s methodology—best characterized as literary critical, feminist, and interdisciplinary—includes detailed interpretation of the narrative strategies, thematic contours, and visual imagery of a wide range of contemporary breast cancer memoirs and photographic anthologies. The author explores the ways in which the narratives constitute a distinctive testimonial and memorial tradition, a claim supported by close readings and theoretical analysis that demonstrates how these narratives question hegemonic cultural discourses, empower reader-viewers as empathic witnesses, and provide communal sites for mourning, resisting, and remembering.
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode _2cc _4https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
546			_aEnglish
653			_aSociology
653			_aBreast cancer
653			_aLorde
653			_aMastectomy
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