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Author:

Knopf-Newman, Marcy Jane.

Title:

Beyond slash, burn, and poison : transforming breast cancer stories into action / Marcy Jane Knopf-Newman.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xxi, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964.
Ford, Betty,--1918-
Kushner, Rose.
Lorde, Audre.
Breast--Social aspects--Social aspects--United States.
Cancer patients' writings, American.
Breast Neoplasms--psychology--United States.
Autobiography--United States.
Drug Therapy--history--United States.
Drug Therapy--psychology--United States.
Mastectomy--history--United States.
Mastectomy--psychology--United States.
Patient Rights--United States.
Social change--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780813534718 (pbk.)
0813534712 (pbk.)
9780813534701 (hbk.)
0813534704 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54029508

LCCN:

2004000298

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)