‘Flat and fabulous’: women’s breast reconstruction refusals post-mastectomy and the negotiation of normative femininity
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DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2019.1601547
Abstract: ABSTRACT The ‘pinkification’ of breast cancer culture in recent years conflates women’s empowerment with the celebration of hyperfemininity. Consistent with this trend, reconstructive surgery post-mastectomy is increasingly normalised: restoring the breasts is to restore ‘lost’… read more here.
Keywords: femininity; post mastectomy; breast cancer; breast reconstruction ... See more keywords