Keywords
body experience
gender structure
feminine
body normalization
How to Cite
Abstract
This study highlights the experiences faced by women breast cancer survivor in Jakarta in defining their bodies. Despite of medical assessment, breast cancer needs to be analyzed through feminist’s lense because breast cancer has close link with discourse of sexual body and engendered body. This study used a qualitative methodology that emphasizes critical analysis. Data collection was gathered through interviews with 8 women who are breast cancer survivors. The research reveals that under the normality of femininity of the patriarchal society, the women breast cancer survivors could confront the dominant interpretation upon women’s body
References
Biro Komunikasi dan Pelayanan Masyarakat Kementerian Kesehatan RI 2019, “Hari Kanker Sedunia 2019”, depkes.go.id, dilihat 1 Juni 2019, http://www.depkes.go.id/article/view/19020100003/hari-kanker-sedunia-2019.html
Butler, J 1990, “Performative Acts and Gender Consitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory”, Performing Feminism: Feminist Critical Theory and Theatre, Ed. Sue-Ellen Case. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins.
DeShazer, MK 2013, Audre Lorde’s Successors: Breast Cancer Narratives as Feminist Theory, University of Michigan Press, https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv3znzfk.6
Ehlers, N 2017, Breast Cancer, Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning WCN 02-200-210
Foucault, M 1978, The History of Sexuality Vol. 1, Penguin Publisher, London.
Gadis, Arivia & Agustine, SRR 2017, Modul Panduan Media Meliput LGBTIQ, YJP Press, Ardhanary Institute & COC Netherlands, Jakarta.
Globocan 2018, “Breast”, dilihat 1 Juni 2019, https://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/cancers/20-Breast-fact-sheet.pdf
Lorde, A 1980, The Cancer Journals, Aunt Lute Books, San Francisco.
Merleau-Ponty, M 1962, The Phenomenology of Perception, Humanities Press, New York.
Moi, T 2001, What is a Woman? Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Kristeva, J 1982, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, terj. LS Roudiez, Columbia UP, New York.
Rahayuwati, L, Ibrahim, K, Komariah, M 2017, “Pilihan Pengobatan Pasien Kanker Payudara Masa Kemoterapi: Studi Kasus”, Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia, vol. 20, no. 2, hh. 118-127, doi: 10.7454/jki.v20i2.478
Yalom, M 1997, A History of The Breast, The Ballantine Publishing Group, New York.
Young, IM 2005, On Female Body Experience: Throwing Like s Girl and Other Essay, Oxford University Press, New York.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2019 Jurnal Perempuan