The Rhetoric of Silence in Contemporary Autopathography: Susan Gubar and Eve Ensler on Gynecological Cancer
Despite Mary Deshazer’s affirmation that “living with cancer has become the topic of our times” (2005, 1), some cancers are still covered by a blanket of secrecy. This paper discusses Susan Gubar’s and Eve Ensler’s autopathographies about gynecological cancer in relation to silence. It explores the...
Main Author: | Marta Fernández-Morales |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric Society
2020-12-01
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Series: | Res Rhetorica |
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Online Access: | http://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/461 |
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