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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Tekhnē of reconstruction: breast cancer, norms, and fleshy rearrangements

Nadine Ehlers Women's and Gender Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 121-141 | Received 31 Oct 2010, Published online: 16 Feb 2012

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Kathy Davis. (2022) ‘Look at me!’ Post-mastectomy transformative politics. European Journal of Women's Studies 29:4, pages 506-522.
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Avital Gershfeld-Litvin. (2018) Women’s Experiences Following Mastectomy: Loss, Grief, and Meaning-Reconstruction. Illness, Crisis & Loss 29:3, pages 187-204.
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John Tredinnick-Rowe. (2019) The semiotics of breast cancer: Signs, symptoms, and sales. Semiotica 2019:227, pages 187-210.
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Carmen Webb, Natalie Jacox & Claire Temple-Oberle. (2018) The Making of Breasts: Navigating the Symbolism of Breasts in Women Facing Cancer. Plastic Surgery 27:1, pages 49-53.
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Anne Kerr, Emily Ross, Gwen Jacques & Sarah Cunningham-Burley. (2018) The sociology of cancer: a decade of research. Sociology of Health & Illness 40:3, pages 552-576.
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Jenny Slatman, Annemie Halsema & Agnes Meershoek. (2016) Responding to Scars After Breast Surgery. Qualitative Health Research 26:12, pages 1614-1626.
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Cinzia Greco. (2016) Vivre avec un corps asymétrique. Mastectomie, résistances et réappropriation. Cahiers du Genre n° 60:1, pages 81-99.
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Nadine Ehlers. (2014) Risking ‘Safety’: Breast Cancer, Prognosis, and the Strategic Enterprise of Life. Journal of Medical Humanities 37:1, pages 81-94.
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