Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women’s Health

Ivester, Sukari

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01417.x

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“…Originating in the United States, with the Susan G. Komen Foundation as its main promoter, the pink discourse has spread globally, in what has been termed 'pinkification' (Johansen et al 2013), with several organisations following a common iconography and approach beyond the international activities of the Komen Foundation. A central point of the pink culture is a glamorised approach to breast cancer advocacy (King 2006;Sulik 2010). This involves asking for support from corporations, particularly in the fashion and cosmetics industries, and encouraging patients to resist the illness by engaging in practices that reinforce traditional femininity, such as wearing make-up and shopping.…”

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“…With the development of individual well-being as a concept, health becomes something malleable, which we can influence. For some authors, this understanding of health can perpetuate illness as moral failing (K. Bell, 2010;Brenner, 2016;Sulik, 2011).…”

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“…Critics of the discourse of survivorship denounce a "full-fledged religion" where cheerfulness is mandatory (Ehrenreich, 2001, p. 50) and highlight the social pressure that it imposes on patients (Broom et al, 2019). They also question the commercial use of awareness-raising campaigns Sulik, 2011) and the normalisation of the feminine, triumphant, happy and healthy patient against any other experiences (Kaiser, 2008, p. 80).…”

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“…Con el desarrollo de la idea del bienestar individual, la salud se convierte en algo maleable y sobre lo que podemos influir siempre que sigamos ciertas pautas. Para algunos autores, es un régimen que perpetúa la enfermedad como un fracaso moral (K. Bell, 2010;Brenner, 2016;Sulik, 2011).…”

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“…Quienes critican la supervivencia denuncian una "religión" en la que estar alegre parece obligatorio (Ehrenreich, 2001, p. 50), y enfatizan la presión colectiva que supone para las personas que padecen de cáncer (Broom et al, 2019). Son varias las autoras que se enfrentan al uso económico de las campañas contra el cáncer Sulik, 2011) y a que se normalice la imagen de la paciente como triunfante, feliz, saludable y femenina, a costa de cualquier otra experiencia (Kaiser, 2008, p. 80).…”

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