Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-277) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : an anthropology of cancer / Juliet McMullin and Diane Weiner -- Remissioning life/reconfiguring anthropology / Paul Stoller -- Cancer support groups and health advocacy : one size doesn't fit all / Holly F. Mathews -- Experiencing diagnosis : views from Latina cervical cancer patients / Juliet McMullin -- The elusive subversion of order : cancer in modern Crete, Greece / Anastasia Karakasidou -- Changing views of cancer : three decades of southern California native perspectives / Diane Weiner -- The witness project : narratives that shape the cancer experience for African American women / Deborah O. Erwin -- Wasting away in neoliberal-ville : Mexican immigrant women's views of cervical cancer, social inequality, and gender relations / Leo R. Chavez -- Notes from White Flint : identity, ambiguity, and disparities in cancer / Simon J. Craddock Lee -- Self and other in cancer health disparities : negotiating power and boundaries in U.S. society / Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts -- Where is culture in cultural tailoring? / Marjorie Kagawa-Singer.
Series:
School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series
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