Jurnal Perempuan
Vol. 24 No. 3 (2019): Women and Health

Personal Experiences of Women Surviving Breast Cancer as a Confrontation of the Meaning of the Women's Body

Abby Gina Boangmanalu (Jurnal Perempuan)
Atnike Nova Sigiro (Jurnal Perempuan)

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Publish Date
12 Sep 2019

Abstract

This study highlights the experiences faced by women breast cancer survivor in Jakarta in defining their bodies. Despite of medical assessment, breast cancer needs to be analyzed through feminist’s lense because breast cancer has close link with discourse of sexual body and engendered body. This study used a qualitative methodology that emphasizes critical analysis. Data collection was gathered through interviews with 8 women who are breast cancer survivors. The research reveals that under the normality of femininity of the patriarchal society, the women breast cancer survivors could confront the dominant interpretation upon women’s body

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Jurnal Perempuan
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ifj

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JYP Press

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Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Jurnal Perempuan is a quarterly interdisciplinary publication in the English language and Bahasa Indonesia circulating original ideas in gender studies. JP invites critical reflection on the theory and practice of feminism in the social, political, and economic contexts of the Indonesian society. We ...