PCOS discourses, symbolic impacts, and feminist rhetorical disruptions of institutional hegemonies / Marissa C. McKinley.
| Author/creator | McKinley, Marissa C., 1985- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 145 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Polycystic ovarian syndrome discourses, symbolic impacts, and feminist rhetorical disruptions of institutional hegemonies |
| Series | Lexington studies in health communication series Lexington studies in health communication. ^A1443405 |
| Contents | Hegemonic institutions and discourses and the subjugation of the female body -- RHM contributions, edifications, and feminist positions about the body -- Studying PCOS in digital and mass media through the feminist communitarian model -- Constructing, representing, and responding to PCOS in mass media: enforcing and offering alternatives for the hairlessness norm and performing disidentification and identification -- Fulfilling rhetorical needs in cyberspace: health advocacy and patient empowerment in myPCOSteam -- Conclusion and looking toward the future of PCOS rhetorical work. |
| Abstract | "This book examines media and clinical discourses and their impact on women with PCOS. Findings from the study reveal that while women with PCOS have limited agency in constructing and representing their identities and ontologies in traditional media, by networking in participatory new media, these women can reclaim their agency"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 15, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: McKinley, Marissa C., 1985- PCOS discourses, symbolic impacts, and feminist rhetorical disruptions of institutional hegemonies Lanham : Lexington Books, 2023 9781666905502 |
| LCCN | 2023021657 |
| ISBN | 9781666905519 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1666905518 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1978777078 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781978777071 (electronic bk.) |