{"product_id":"globalism-and-gendering-cancer-tracking-the-trope-of-oncogenic-women-from-the-us-to-kenya-routledge-focus-on-communication-studies-9780367198107","title":"Globalism and Gendering Cancer Tracking the Trope","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Introduction: Rhetorical Checkpoints Chapter Two: Oncogenic Women in a Cancer Culturescape Chapter Three: Tracing Kenya’s Culturescape: Cancer as Gendered Weakness in \u003ci\u003ePlace of Destiny \u003c\/i\u003eChapter Four: Kenyan Healthscapes: Oncogenic Women in the Nairobi Cancer Registry Chapter Five: Kenya’s Health Professionals Speak:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAttitudes about Cancer in the Field Chapter Six: Conclusion: Saratani Going Forward\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401878643031,"sku":"9780367198107","price":47.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/globalism-and-gendering-cancer-tracking-the-trope-of-oncogenic-women-from-the-us-to-kenya-routledge-focus-on-communication-studies-9780367198107","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}