La cicatriz (in)visiblela representación del cuerpo en blogs de mujeres con cáncer de mama

  1. Coll-Planas, Gerard 1
  2. Visa, Mariona 2
  1. 1 Universitat de Vic
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    Universitat de Vic

    Vic, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006zjws59

  2. 2 Universitat de Lleida
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    Universitat de Lleida

    Lleida, España

    ROR https://ror.org/050c3cw24

Journal:
Política y sociedad

ISSN: 1130-8001,  1988-3129

Year of publication: 2015

Issue Title: Aportaciones latinoamericanas a las ciencias sociales ante la crisis ambiental y con metodología participativa

Volume: 52

Issue: 2

Pages: 487-507

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/REV_POSO.2015.V52.N2.45289 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

More publications in: Política y sociedad

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the representation of the body in blogs by women with breast cancer. Taking into account both texts and images, we study the representation of the body on the basis of the body problems proposed by Frank (1995): control, body-relatedness, other-relatedness and desire. In the blogs studied we find a desiring and dyadic body, which is understood as part of a network of affection and care. The diagnosis of cancer can generate both dissociation, when the body is experienced as a threat, and association, a wish to be connected to it. In relation to control, a clear will of predictability is observed but traces of assumption of contingency also appear.

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