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OverviewBearing Witness is a collection of stories from women who went through the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, and treatment for it, only to find that the cancer recurred and any hope of recovery was gone. These women represent a spectrum of ages, ethnic backgrounds, marital circumstances, and professional experiences. From their stories we learn how each woman shapes the meaning of her life. Facing a life crisis can make one bitter and angry, but it can also provide the key to a thankful and generous spirit within. Storytelling is an important art form present in many cultures: it is a way of processing life events, of searching for meaning, and of allowing teller and listener to wrestle with the message. It is a form of teaching and learning. For the women in Bearing Witness, stories are tangible legacies for family and friends and a chance to share their thoughts on living with the """"glass half full."""" They inspire the reader to reflect on life's struggles and to find within themselves a sense of optimism, perhaps when they least expect to. Kathryn Carter's concluding essay places these stories in the context of contemporary discourses of illness and healing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathryn Carter , Laurie ElitPublisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.180kg ISBN: 9781554580552ISBN 10: 1554580552 Pages: 102 Publication Date: 30 September 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Bearing Witness: Living with Ovarian Cancer, edited by Kathryn Carter and Laurie Elit Acknowledgements Introduction Dr. Laurie Elit Esther Bev Lisa Mary Bilgay Denise Sarah Patricia Ida Martha Cheryl Afterword: Metastasizing Plots: Telling and Un-Telling the Stories of Cancer Kathryn Carter BibliographyReviewsI have often thought that the reason there is so much breast cancer activism is that there are vast numbers of women who have been diagnosed with cancer-the-killer but who have lived to tell the tale. In contrast, ovarian cancer is silent and deadly, and Carter and Elit have done us a service in bringing these stories to the fore.''--Julia A. Ericksen Signs, Winter 2011 Author InformationKathryn Carter is acting dean at Laurier Brantford where she has taught English and contemporary studies. Her research on women's diaries led to an edited collection, The Small Details of Life: Twenty Diaries by Women in Canada: 1830-1996 (2002), and recent articles that address the 1830 letter journal of Frances Simpson (in Australian-Canadian Studies), the 1930s diary of Myrtle Gamble Knister (in the Journal of Canadian Studies), and diaries written by schoolgirls in Canada at the end of the nineteenth century (in Canadian Children's Literature). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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