COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC BODY IN BREAST CANCER MEDIA ACTIVISM.
This article reports that it would be impossible to understand health cultures in the U.S. without acknowledging the crucial role of media in their formation. Television, print media, cinema, online discussion groups and medical educational computer programs are important, if underconsidered means t...
| Publicado en: | Cultural Studies Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 117 - 139 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr1998
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| Sumario: | This article reports that it would be impossible to understand health cultures in the U.S. without acknowledging the crucial role of media in their formation. Television, print media, cinema, online discussion groups and medical educational computer programs are important, if underconsidered means through which health issues are taught, communicated and lived. This article considers a few examples of breast cancer media produced by women who identify as activists, alternative media producers and members of the community of women affected by breast cancer. |
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