The Wounded Breast: Intimate Journeys Through Cancer

by Evelyne Accad

A moving journey through the experience of breast cancer, including the different approaches and treatments.

400 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Evelyne Accad is an American/Lebanese Feminist Writer.
She was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon.
Her publications include Blessures des Mots (1993); Sexuality and War (1990); Veil of Shame (1978), L’Excisee (novel), 1982,and she is a contributor to Radically Speaking and September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives. She is a songwriter and interpreter of both music and lyrics. Her book, The Wounded Breast, has been published in French and Arabic
Her Career life: Ande rson College, instructor in French, 1967-68; International College, Beirut, Lebanon, teacher and girls counselor, 1968-70; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, assistant professor, 1974-79, associate professor, 1979-88, professor of French comparative literature and member of core faculty at African Center, Women’s Studies Center, and Center for Asian Studies, 1988-; Northwestern University, visiting professor, 1991.

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd be more likely to recommend this book if it had been edited more tightly, and reduced by 25-30%.

Interesting content and well written; I love having access to patient perspectives. A little more support for quack medicine than I care for personally, though, and has an exclusively cishet approach.