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This paper focuses on the differences that younger, middle-aged, and older women with breast cancer experience, particularly in relation to their bodies. Given that aging bodies are paid little attention in our youth oriented society and even in sociological literature on the body, and given that the number of older women with breast cancer is on a significant rise, it is important to explore these experiences in order to legitimate and best treat older women. Data for this paper come from a qualitative study in which forty-two women, aged 30-88 with similar disease profiles, were intensively interviewed. Narrative data were then combed for common, emergent themes. This paper discusses the differences in the ways older and younger women discuss and value breasts, claim or objectify their bodies, and choose treatment for breast cancer. These findings indicate that more research on aged bodies is needed and have implications for health care providers in the treatment of older women. |
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Name: American Sociological Association
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| Hall, Lisa. "Bodies and Breast Cancer: Perspectives of Younger, Middle-Aged and Older Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184249_index.html> |
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| Hall, L. C. , 2007-08-11 "Bodies and Breast Cancer: Perspectives of Younger, Middle-Aged and Older Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184249_index.html |
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Abstract: This paper focuses on the differences that younger, middle-aged, and older women with breast cancer experience, particularly in relation to their bodies. Given that aging bodies are paid little attention in our youth oriented society and even in sociological literature on the body, and given that the number of older women with breast cancer is on a significant rise, it is important to explore these experiences in order to legitimate and best treat older women. Data for this paper come from a qualitative study in which forty-two women, aged 30-88 with similar disease profiles, were intensively interviewed. Narrative data were then combed for common, emergent themes. This paper discusses the differences in the ways older and younger women discuss and value breasts, claim or objectify their bodies, and choose treatment for breast cancer. These findings indicate that more research on aged bodies is needed and have implications for health care providers in the treatment of older women. |
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| Bodies and Breast Cancer: Perspectives of Younger Middle-Aged and Older Women Lisa Cox Hall Ph.D. Introduction Do women of different ages feel differently about their bodies or have different experiences when dealing with breast cancer? Through popular culture such as magazines fundraising events like Race for the Cure music and organizations like Young Survivor’s Coalition we have many opportunity to see younger women’s perspectives. There are few if any cultural representations of older women’s experiences though. Breast cancer primarily |
| edition. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications. Woodward K. 1991. Aging and its Discontents: Freud and Other Fictions. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Woodward K. 1995. “Tribute to the Older Woman: Psychoanalysis Feminism and Ageism” in M. Featherstone and A. Wernick (eds.) Images of Aging: Cultural Representations of Later Life. London: Routledge. Woodward K. 1999. Figuring Age: Women’s Bodies Generations. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 19 Bodies and Breast Cancer: Perspectives of Younger Middle-Aged and Older Women Lisa Cox Hall Ph.D. 20 |
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