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dc.contributor.authorPANG Ka Wei, Janeten_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T08:35:48Z-
dc.date.available2017-07-27T08:35:48Z-
dc.date.issued2015-04-10-
dc.identifier.citationIn Proceedings of First International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies, ICLLS 2015 (p. 180-199).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/4275-
dc.identifier.urihttp://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/2b7f97_7ff850f68c68469bb7943b3054af7ffe.pdf-
dc.description.abstractCancer is never a mere illness but also a cultural phenomenon entangled with discourses of power and resistance. Having been bombarded by the widely circulated metaphors of breast cancer as "a killer" from the mass media, medical authorities and awareness campaigns, women who are diagnosed with breast cancer might see themselves as being handed down a haunting death sentence...en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.title"Killing" her softly: Breast cancer metaphors in Hong Kongen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dc.relation.conferenceFirst International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studiesen_US
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of English Language & Literature-
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