1st Edition
Survivorship: A Sociology of Cancer in Everyday Life
170 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book provides a contemporary and comprehensive examination of cancer in everyday life, drawing on qualitative research with people living with cancer, their family members and health professionals. It explores the evolving and enduring affects of cancer for individuals, families and communities, with attention to the changing dynamics of survivorship, including social relations around... Read more
Introduction
1. Bodily Becomings
2. Waiting, Hauntings and Surviving
3. Malignant Attitudes
4. Entangled and Estranged
5. Collective Emotions, Affective Relations
6. Enchantment, Acceleration and Innovation
7. Participation and the Making of Possibility
Conclusion
Biography
Alex Broom is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Sydney, Australia.
Katherine Kenny is Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Sydney, Australia.
