In memory : women's experiences of (dangerous) breasts

Susanne Gannon; Babette Mueller-Rockstroh

In memory : women's experiences of (dangerous) breasts

Susanne Gannon
, Babette Mueller-Rockstroh

School of Education

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Abstract

Women's embodied memories of "Dangerous Breasts ", generated as part of a wider collective memory project on women's breasts, (1) construct women as always at risk of our bodies turning against us. We trace through memory stories how we inscribe our bodies as "dangerous" through practices involving silence, fear, surveillance and diagnosis. We examine how regimes directed at the prevention and treatment of breast cancer serve, in our memories, to increase anxiety and distance us from our bodies and any sense of agency.

Original language	English
Journal	Philosophy in the Contemporary World
Publication status	Published - 2004

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breasts
feminism
self-perception

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