Women's Bodies/Women's Lives

Table of Contents

Introduction
Baukje Miedema, Janet M. Stoppard and Vivienne Anderson

PART I: Altered Bodies

Chapter 1
A Will of Its Own:
Experiencing the Body in Severe Chronic Illness
Vivienne Anderson

Chapter 2
Altered Bodies/Altered Selves:
Exploring Women's Accounts of Illness Experiences
Roanne Thomas-MacLean

Chapter 3
Breath and Body Wisdom:
Experiencing the Personal Power of Self
Barbara Lynn Cull-Wilby

Chapter 4
Understanding Depression From the Standpoint
of Women Who Have Been Depressed
Janet M. Stoppard, Yvette Scattolon and Deanna J. Gammell

Chapter 5
Women's Experiences of Psychiatric Hospitalization
Baukje (Bo) Miedema and Janet M. Stoppard

Chapter 6
"Old Bags" Under the Knife:
Facial Cosmetic Surgery Among Women
Diane Cepanec and Barbara Payne

Chapter 7
Polluted Bodies:
Inuit Identities and the Arctic Food Chain
Chris Egan

Chapter 8
Witness: Testament of a Journey
Addena Sumter-Freitag

PART II: Objectified Bodies

Chapter 9
Revisioning the Body/Mind From an Eastern Perspective:
Comments on Experience, Embodiment and Pedagogy
Roxana Ng

Chapter 10
Shattering the Mirror:
A Young Woman's Story of Weight Preoccupation
Kate Rossiter

Chapter 11
One Mother and Daughter Approach to Resisting Weight Preoccupation
Gail Marchessault

Chapter 12
Women, Weight and Appearance Satisfaction:
An Ageless Pursuit of Thinness
Michelle N. Lafrance, Marilyn T. Zivian and Anita M. Myers

Chapter 13
Contours of Everyday Life:
Women's Reflections on Embodiment and Health Over Time
Pamela Wakewich

Chapter 14
Negotiating Sexuality:
Lesbians in the Canadian Military
Lynne Gouliquer

Chapter 15
From Airbrushing to Liposuction:
The Technological Reconstruction of the Female Body
Fabienne Darling-Wolf

Chapter 16
From Razor Girls to Bionic Women:
Extraordinary Women in Popular Culture
Mia Consalvo

Glossary
Contributors