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Title: | "Killing" her softly: Breast cancer metaphors in Hong Kong |
Authors: | PANG Ka Wei, Janet |
Issue Date: | 10-Apr-2015 |
Source: | In Proceedings of First International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies, ICLLS 2015 (p. 180-199). |
Conference: | First International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies |
Abstract: | Cancer 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... |
Type: | Conference Paper |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/4275 http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/2b7f97_7ff850f68c68469bb7943b3054af7ffe.pdf |
Appears in Collections: | English Language & Literature - Publication |
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