Gender Scripts in Medicine and Narrative.
Title:
Gender Scripts in Medicine and Narrative.
Author:
Block, Marcelline.
ISBN:
9781443822930
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (487 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF IMAGES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- PART II -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- PART III -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- PART IV -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Gender is an exciting area of current research in the medical humanities, and by combining the study of medical narratives with theories of gender and sexuality, the essays in Gender Scripts in Medicine and Narrative illustrate the power of gender stereotypes to shape the way medicine is practiced and perceived. The chapters of Gender Scripts in Medicine and Narrative investigate gendered perceptions and representations of healers and patients in fiction, memoir, popular literature, poetry, f...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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