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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464605603321

Titolo

Gender scripts in medicine and narrative [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marcelline Block and Angela Laflen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-282-77657-6

9786612776571

1-4438-2293-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (487 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlockMarcelline

LaflenAngela

Disciplina

809.933561

Soggetti

Medicine in literature

Medicine in motion pictures

Sex role in literature

Sex role in motion pictures

Social medicine

Sexism in medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



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