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PCOS discourses, symbolic impacts, and feminist rhetorical disruptions of institutional hegemonies

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Polycystic ovarian syndrome discourses, symbolic impacts, and feminist rhetorical disruptions of institutional hegemonies

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"This book examines media and clinical discourses and their impact on women with PCOS. Findings from the study reveal that while women with PCOS have limited agency in constructing and representing their identities and ontologies in traditional media, by networking in participatory new media, these women can reclaim their agency"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Hegemonic institutions and discourses and the subjugation of the female body -- RHM contributions, edifications, and feminist positions about the body -- Studying PCOS in digital and mass media through the feminist communitarian model -- Constructing, representing, and responding to PCOS in mass media: enforcing and offering alternatives for the hairlessness norm and performing disidentification and identification -- Fulfilling rhetorical needs in cyberspace: health advocacy and patient empowerment in myPCOSteam -- Conclusion and looking toward the future of PCOS rhetorical work.

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McKinley, Marissa C., 1985-. PCOS discourses, symbolic impacts, and feminist rhetorical disruptions of institutional hegemonies

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:14:13.088572+00:00
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  • Derived from: 23220198

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  • Description language: eng
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