| CHRZ, Vladimír, Ivo ČERMÁK and Veronika PLACHÁ. Cancer, Finitude and Life Configuration. In In K. Milnes, Ch. Horrocks, N.Kelly, B.Roberts, D.Robinson (eds.), Narrative, Memory and Knowledge: Representations, Aesthetics and Contexts. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press, 2006, p. 149-158. Narrative and Memory Research Group/5. ISBN 1-86218-051-2. |
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@inbook{634086,
author = {Chrz, Vladimír and Čermák, Ivo and Plachá, Veronika},
address = {Huddersfield},
booktitle = {In K. Milnes, Ch. Horrocks, N.Kelly, B.Roberts, D.Robinson (eds.), Narrative, Memory and Knowledge: Representations, Aesthetics and Contexts.},
keywords = {narrative understanding; narrative configuration; genres of life stories; experience with cancer},
language = {eng},
location = {Huddersfield},
isbn = {1-86218-051-2},
pages = {149-158},
publisher = {University of Huddersfield Press},
title = {Cancer, Finitude and Life Configuration},
year = {2006}
}
TY - CHAP
ID - 634086
AU - Chrz, Vladimír - Čermák, Ivo - Plachá, Veronika
PY - 2006
TI - Cancer, Finitude and Life Configuration
VL - Narrative and Memory Research Group/5
PB - University of Huddersfield Press
CY - Huddersfield
SN - 1862180512
KW - narrative understanding
KW - narrative configuration
KW - genres of life stories
KW - experience with cancer
N2 - Cancer is a radical confrontation with the finitude of human being. The aim of our research is to understand the experience of women who survived breast cancer. The sample consists of seven women with a diagnosis of breast cancer who participated in the Mamma-Help program. We used narrative interviews to obtain a spontaneous articulation of this critical point in the womens life. In our paper we deal with the breast cancer experience of women from the perspective of the whole. We pay attention mainly to how the experience of this disease is configured by narrative means such as figures, plots, or life story genres. The particular life stories suggest that confrontation with the finiteness of life is a key tool for narrative configuring of the womans life. We also found that a substantial aspect of narrative configuration is the stipulation of some sphere of influence over, active participation in, and responsibility for, the progress of her life.
ER -
CHRZ, Vladimír, Ivo ČERMÁK and Veronika PLACHÁ. Cancer, Finitude and Life Configuration. In \textit{In K. Milnes, Ch. Horrocks, N.Kelly, B.Roberts, D.Robinson (eds.), Narrative, Memory and Knowledge: Representations, Aesthetics and Contexts.}. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press, 2006, p.~149-158. Narrative and Memory Research Group/5. ISBN~1-86218-051-2.
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