Globalism and Gendering Cancer Tracking the Trope of Oncogenic Women from the US to Kenya

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Synopsis

This book connects a rhetorical examination of medical and public health policy documents with a humanistic investigation of cultural texts to uncover the link between gendered representations of health and cancer.
The author argues that in western biomedical contexts cancer is considered a women’s disease and their bodies are treated as inherently oncogenic or cancer-producing, which leads to biomedical practices that adversely impact their bodily autonomy. She examines how these biases traverse national boundaries by examining the transmission of biomedical cancer practices from the US and international organizations to Kenya.
This book is suited to scholars and students working in the fields of Rhetorics of Health and Medicine, Medical Humanities and Gender Studies. It is also of interest to medical professionals and readers interested in globalism and global health.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Focus on Communication Studies
Author:
Miriam O'Kane Mara
ISBN:
9780429516535
Related ISBNs:
9780429243387, 9780367198107, 9780367198107
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-03-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2020
Copyright by:
Taylor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Communication, Language Arts, Nonfiction