Samantha Crompvoets
Biographic Data
| ID | 6601177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Crompvoets |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Crompvoets |
| SIGNATURE | CROMPVOETS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prosthetic fantasies
In this paper, I show that the breast prosthesis is marketed as a device that aligns the post-surgical body with wellness and normalcy. Thus, the prosthesis is made to be a point of convergence where the phenomenological experience of the self and materiality of the body appear to be in harmony. What follows is an examination of the meanings women attribute to their mastectomy and the ways they successfully and unsuccessfully attempt to integrate…
Breast Cancer and the Post-Surgical Body
An examination of surgical breast reconstruction which establishes a strong link between, on the one hand, the personal feelings and actions of women with breast cancer, and on the other, powerful dis
Comfort, Control, or Conformity
Following breast amputation women commonly are presented with two choices: to wear a prosthesis or undergo reconstruction. Breast restoration is assumed to allow a full emotional and physical recovery from a breast cancer crisis. Surgical reconstruction is offered to women as the final step in regaining a sense of complete womanhood, enabling a sense of optimism that both body and self will "get back to normal." This article examines 5 women's ac…
Reconstructing the self
In this paper I examine the impact of breast reconstruction on the current status of the mastectomised body. For women who have had a breast amputated, the option of breast reconstruction offers a sense of hope of regaining lost femininity, sexuality and normalcy. This article reveals that there is no discursive space available for women to reconceptualise their bodies as normal or feminine without breasts. Instead, the post-surgical body is situ…
Prosthetic fantasies
In this paper, I show that the breast prosthesis is marketed as a device that aligns the post-surgical body with wellness and normalcy. Thus, the prosthesis is made to be a point of convergence where the phenomenological experience of the self and materiality of the body appear to be in harmony. What follows is an examination of the meanings women attribute to their mastectomy and the ways they successfully and unsuccessfully attempt to integrate…
Reconstructing the self
In this paper I examine the impact of breast reconstruction on the current status of the mastectomised body. For women who have had a breast amputated, the option of breast reconstruction offers a sense of hope of regaining lost femininity, sexuality and normalcy. This article reveals that there is no discursive space available for women to reconceptualise their bodies as normal or feminine without breasts. Instead, the post-surgical body is situ…
Reconstructing the self
In this paper I examine the impact of breast reconstruction on the current status of the mastectomised body. For women who have had a breast amputated, the option of breast reconstruction offers a sense of hope of regaining lost femininity, sexuality and normalcy. This article reveals that there is no discursive space available for women to reconceptualise their bodies as normal or feminine without breasts. Instead, the post-surgical body is situ…
Comfort, Control, or Conformity
Following breast amputation women commonly are presented with two choices: to wear a prosthesis or undergo reconstruction. Breast restoration is assumed to allow a full emotional and physical recovery from a breast cancer crisis. Surgical reconstruction is offered to women as the final step in regaining a sense of complete womanhood, enabling a sense of optimism that both body and self will "get back to normal." This article examines 5 women's ac…
Breast Cancer and the Post-Surgical Body
An examination of surgical breast reconstruction which establishes a strong link between, on the one hand, the personal feelings and actions of women with breast cancer, and on the other, powerful dis
Prosthetic fantasies
In this paper, I show that the breast prosthesis is marketed as a device that aligns the post-surgical body with wellness and normalcy. Thus, the prosthesis is made to be a point of convergence where the phenomenological experience of the self and materiality of the body appear to be in harmony. What follows is an examination of the meanings women attribute to their mastectomy and the ways they successfully and unsuccessfully attempt to integrate…
Breast cancer (4 works) · Cancer (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Breast reconstruction (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Femininity (2 works)