Book Review. Alex Broom and Katherine Kenny’s Survivorship: A Sociology of Cancer in Everyday Life
Published 2021-12-09
Keywords
- agency,
- illness perceptions,
- cancer,
- sociology of health,
- survivorship
- normative expectations ...More
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Abstract
Cancer has become the second largest cause of death and a central concern in modern societies. Despite increasing survival rates, there is hardly a family that is not directly engaged with the fight against cancer. The brand new book Survivorship: A Sociology of Cancer in Everyday Life (appeared as recently as March 2021) approaches the phenomenon
from the the perspective of everyday lives of survivors, their micro-social networks, and health care professionals. Authored by Alex Broom and Katherine Kenny, sociologists from the University of Sydney, and elaborated with a range of qualitative methods, the chapters of the book address issues of social norms, individual tensions of survivors, and emotional approaches to survivorship.