The Adventures of Cancer Bitch

Name: The Adventures of Cancer Bitch
Brand: University of Iowa Press
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By Wisenberg, S L

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Wisenberg may have lost a breast, but she retained her humor, outrage, and skepticism toward common wisdom and most institutions. While following the prescribed protocols at the place she called Fancy Hospital, Wisenberg is unsparing in her descriptions of the fumblings of new doctors, her own awkward announcement to her students, and the mounds of unrecyclable plastic left at a survivors' walk. Combining the personal with the political, she shares her research on the money spent on pink ribbons instead of preventing pollution, and the disparity in medical care between the insured and the uninsured. When chemotherapy made her bald, she decorated her head with henna swirls in front and an antiwar protest in back. During treatment, she also recorded the dailiness of life in Chicago as she rode the L, taught while one-breasted, and attended High Holiday services and a Passover seder.

Product details

Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 160
Release Date:: 2009-03-16
Publication Date:: 2009-03-01
Publisher:: University of Iowa Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1587298023
ISBN13:: 9781587298028
Weight:: 390 g
Height:: 165 cm
Width:: 237 cm
Thickness:: 17 cm

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