The biopsic adventures of mammary glam: breast cancer detection and the practice of cancer glamor

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This ficto-criticism piece explores breast cancer detection in the context of risk and biopolitics, and in response develops “cancer glam” as a practice of critical-reflective embodiment and relational-material ontology. An array of detection technologies and numerous figures, such as the cyborg, the monster, the survivor, and the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are visited along the way.View full textDownload full textKeywordsdetection, risk, biopolitics, monster, glam, queer embodimentRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2012.640057