Teratologies: A Cultural Study of Cancer

by Jackie Stacey

Book Overview

Stories of cancer are full of monster and marvels; the monstrousness of the disease and the treatments, the marvels of the cures and the saved lives. Still one of the most dreaded diseases to haunt our imaginations, cancer is more than an illness - it is a cultural phenomenon. People who have cancer are bombarded with competing explanations of their conditions: it is genetically inherited; it is environmentally produced; it is the result of their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415149606
• ISBN13: 9780415149600
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"