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Article ID: CBB001202124

Surgical Intervention: Critiquing the Representation of Breast Cancer Surgery in US Women's Magazines (2013)

Mason, Julia M. (Author)

Journal of American Culture
Volume: 36
Pages: 312--322

DOI: 10.1111/jacc.12052

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Contemporary narratives of breast health must be understood within the context of the history of published writing about breast cancer. Written mentions of breast cancer appear as early as Egyptian papyrus. However, until the 1960s the majority of the published writing about breast cancer came primarily from the medical field. In the 1960s some women, mainly outside of the medical field, responded to the prevailing medical discourses of breast health by writing and publishing their own experiences. These narratives of breast cancer questioned surgeons' authority, revealed the uncertainty regarding treatment effectiveness, and questioned male doctors dictating to female patients. Doctors and many patients did not easily accept the philosophy that breast cancer treatment should be decided by personal choice. Surgeons who were not used to having their authority challenged were not happy to be confronted by patients who had read about breast cancer in a magazine or popular press book. However, women's personal narratives related to breast health resonated with readers, and they became an established and prominent genre. [FROM iNTRODUCTION].

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