The Summer of Her Baldness: A Cancer Improvisation (Constructs Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292702574 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 239 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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CATHERINE LORD is Professor of Studio Art at the University of California at Irvine.
Susan Rankaitis said Bravo for her baldness!. Catherine Lord has written what may well be the most complex, multi-layered account of the day to day drama, fear, anxiety and exhaustion that are all part of going through a major illness, in this case, breast cancer. Simultaneously full of rage and love, biting wit and medical detail, this book, by a sophisticated art critic and writer, is a must for any woman ( and some men) who desires more. "Baldness unveiled" according to Amelia Jones. Catherine Lord's book exemplifies the move towards a biting, honest cultural criticism that takes its power from its visceral link to personal trauma. Amazingly enough, Lord manages to explore and perform her battle with breast cancer with humor and pathos without lapsing into self-indulgence. This is a deeply moving book but also an instructive one, subtly instructing the reader in essential e. Chemotherapy Doesn't Have Anything On Love Robert Summers says: "Catherine Lord went through chemotherapy, and she was radically transformed. We now read the book (the aftermath?), and we go through a different therapy -- in which we become transformed. Indeed, this auto-biography (auto-geo-graphy? auto-topo-logy?) is a book of transformations: it is always at work.Without a doubt, I am deeply thankful to Lord for generously performing
"No eyebrows. Propelled into an involuntary performance piece occasioned by the diagnosis of breast cancer, Lord adopted the online persona of Her Baldness—an irascible, witty, polemical presence who speaks candidly about shame and fear to her listserv audience. She details the clash of personalities in support groups, her ambivalence about Western medicine, her struggles to maintain her relationship with her partner, and her bemusement when she is mistaken for a "sir." She uses these experiences—common to the o
Not only is it funny, wise, and moving, it is also thoroughly smart, political, and powerful.” " (David Roman, Professor of English, University of Southern California) . "Lord has written a page-turner, a wonderfully compelling narrative with a host of fascinating characters in an original voice and with a vibrant, laugh-out-loud wit