The Resource Pink ribbon blues : how breast cancer culture undermines women's health, Gayle A. Sulik
Pink ribbon blues : how breast cancer culture undermines women's health, Gayle A. Sulik
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- Summary
- The author discuses how the pink ribbon campaign raised awareness of breast cancer, argues that women's health has not improved with the campaign, and examines alternative organizations that tackle breast cancer issues differently
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 402 pages)
- Contents
-
- 1. What is Pink Ribbon culture?
- 2. The development of Pink Ribbon culture. The breast cancer movement
- Medical consumerism
- Aesthetics and normalization
- A cause of epidemic proportions, and the rise of Pink October
- Solidarity, fundraising, and publicity
- Unintended consequences
- 3. Mixed metaphors: war, gender, and the mass circulation of cancer culture. LIVESTRONG and the masculine ethos
- Gilda's Club and the feminine ethos
- Pink femininity
- Pink femininity in breast cancer culture
- The She-ro
- 4. Consuming pink: mass media and the conscientious consumer. The special role of women's magazines
- The breast cancer audience
- Branding and the niche market of the socially aware
- Warriors in pink
- The breast cancer brand
- Fear and the pink menace
- Hope and faith in breast cancer awareness
- Goodness, fundraising, and the pink lifestyle
- Komen's new logo
- 5. Consuming medicine, selling survivorship. The breast cancer industry
- Disease classification
- Medical technology
- The benefits of mammography
- The risks of mammography
- Cost/benefit analysis
- Screening programs and the makers of the machines
- Big Pharma
- Industry ties to advocacy
- 6. Under the pink: optimism, selfishness, and guilt. Ruby's story
- "Becoming" a breast cancer survivor: learning the rules
- Feeling rule I: optimism
- Incorporation of the She-ro
- Rejecting the She-ro
- Feeling rule 2: selfishness
- She-roic selfishness (i.e., rational coping strategy)
- Selfishness as confessional
- Feeling rule 3: guilt
- The inadequate She-ro
- Embodied social stigma
- Family disruption
- 7. The balancing act. Taking care of myself
- The balancing act
- Setting boundaries
- Accepting help
- Asking for help
- Balancing the sisterhood
- Final thoughts
- 8. Shades of pink. The limiting nature of words
- Narrating one's illness
- Realism and transcendent subversion
- The picture outside the frame
- The terrible stories
- 9. Rethinking Pink Ribbon culture. "Not just ribbons"
- "Think before you pink."
- Isbn
- 9786612793219
- Label
- Pink ribbon blues : how breast cancer culture undermines women's health
- Title
- Pink ribbon blues
- Title remainder
- how breast cancer culture undermines women's health
- Statement of responsibility
- Gayle A. Sulik
- Subject
-
- Breast -- Cancer | Social aspects
- Breast Neoplasms
- Electronic books
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | Cancer
- Health in mass media
- Health in mass media
- Mass Media
- Breast -- Cancer | Social aspects
- Patient advocacy
- Patient advocacy
- Social Conditions
- Women in mass media
- Women in mass media
- Women's Health
- Patient Advocacy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The author discuses how the pink ribbon campaign raised awareness of breast cancer, argues that women's health has not improved with the campaign, and examines alternative organizations that tackle breast cancer issues differently
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sulik, Gayle A
- Dewey number
- 362.196/99449
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC280.B8
- LC item number
- S845 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2010 L-845
- WP 870
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Breast
- Health in mass media
- Women in mass media
- Patient advocacy
- Breast Neoplasms
- Mass Media
- Women's Health
- Patient Advocacy
- Social Conditions
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- Breast
- Health in mass media
- Patient advocacy
- Women in mass media
- Label
- Pink ribbon blues : how breast cancer culture undermines women's health, Gayle A. Sulik
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. What is Pink Ribbon culture? -- 2. The development of Pink Ribbon culture. The breast cancer movement -- Medical consumerism -- Aesthetics and normalization -- A cause of epidemic proportions, and the rise of Pink October -- Solidarity, fundraising, and publicity -- Unintended consequences -- 3. Mixed metaphors: war, gender, and the mass circulation of cancer culture. LIVESTRONG and the masculine ethos -- Gilda's Club and the feminine ethos -- Pink femininity -- Pink femininity in breast cancer culture -- The She-ro -- 4. Consuming pink: mass media and the conscientious consumer. The special role of women's magazines -- The breast cancer audience -- Branding and the niche market of the socially aware -- Warriors in pink -- The breast cancer brand -- Fear and the pink menace -- Hope and faith in breast cancer awareness -- Goodness, fundraising, and the pink lifestyle -- Komen's new logo -- 5. Consuming medicine, selling survivorship. The breast cancer industry -- Disease classification -- Medical technology -- The benefits of mammography -- The risks of mammography -- Cost/benefit analysis -- Screening programs and the makers of the machines -- Big Pharma -- Industry ties to advocacy -- 6. Under the pink: optimism, selfishness, and guilt. Ruby's story -- "Becoming" a breast cancer survivor: learning the rules -- Feeling rule I: optimism -- Incorporation of the She-ro -- Rejecting the She-ro -- Feeling rule 2: selfishness -- She-roic selfishness (i.e., rational coping strategy) -- Selfishness as confessional -- Feeling rule 3: guilt -- The inadequate She-ro -- Embodied social stigma -- Family disruption -- 7. The balancing act. Taking care of myself -- The balancing act -- Setting boundaries -- Accepting help -- Asking for help -- Balancing the sisterhood -- Final thoughts -- 8. Shades of pink. The limiting nature of words -- Narrating one's illness -- Realism and transcendent subversion -- The picture outside the frame -- The terrible stories -- 9. Rethinking Pink Ribbon culture. "Not just ribbons" -- "Think before you pink."
- Control code
- 669499803
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 402 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612793219
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 279321
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)669499803
- Label
- Pink ribbon blues : how breast cancer culture undermines women's health, Gayle A. Sulik
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. What is Pink Ribbon culture? -- 2. The development of Pink Ribbon culture. The breast cancer movement -- Medical consumerism -- Aesthetics and normalization -- A cause of epidemic proportions, and the rise of Pink October -- Solidarity, fundraising, and publicity -- Unintended consequences -- 3. Mixed metaphors: war, gender, and the mass circulation of cancer culture. LIVESTRONG and the masculine ethos -- Gilda's Club and the feminine ethos -- Pink femininity -- Pink femininity in breast cancer culture -- The She-ro -- 4. Consuming pink: mass media and the conscientious consumer. The special role of women's magazines -- The breast cancer audience -- Branding and the niche market of the socially aware -- Warriors in pink -- The breast cancer brand -- Fear and the pink menace -- Hope and faith in breast cancer awareness -- Goodness, fundraising, and the pink lifestyle -- Komen's new logo -- 5. Consuming medicine, selling survivorship. The breast cancer industry -- Disease classification -- Medical technology -- The benefits of mammography -- The risks of mammography -- Cost/benefit analysis -- Screening programs and the makers of the machines -- Big Pharma -- Industry ties to advocacy -- 6. Under the pink: optimism, selfishness, and guilt. Ruby's story -- "Becoming" a breast cancer survivor: learning the rules -- Feeling rule I: optimism -- Incorporation of the She-ro -- Rejecting the She-ro -- Feeling rule 2: selfishness -- She-roic selfishness (i.e., rational coping strategy) -- Selfishness as confessional -- Feeling rule 3: guilt -- The inadequate She-ro -- Embodied social stigma -- Family disruption -- 7. The balancing act. Taking care of myself -- The balancing act -- Setting boundaries -- Accepting help -- Asking for help -- Balancing the sisterhood -- Final thoughts -- 8. Shades of pink. The limiting nature of words -- Narrating one's illness -- Realism and transcendent subversion -- The picture outside the frame -- The terrible stories -- 9. Rethinking Pink Ribbon culture. "Not just ribbons" -- "Think before you pink."
- Control code
- 669499803
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 402 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612793219
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 279321
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)669499803
Subject
- Breast -- Cancer | Social aspects
- Breast Neoplasms
- Electronic books
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | Cancer
- Health in mass media
- Health in mass media
- Mass Media
- Breast -- Cancer | Social aspects
- Patient advocacy
- Patient advocacy
- Social Conditions
- Women in mass media
- Women in mass media
- Women's Health
- Patient Advocacy
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