Illness, everyday life and narrative montage: The visual aesthetics of cancer in sara bro's diary

Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-297

  Henriksen, Nina ^a   Tjørnhøj Thomsen, Tine ^b   Hansen, Helle Ploug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

breast cancer; narrative; photography; the third meaning; visual aesthetics

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; NARRATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVIVORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79956146768     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459310397977     Document Type: Article

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