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dc.contributor.authorKvaale, Kaja
dc.contributor.authorSynnes, Oddgeir Arne
dc.contributor.authorLian, Olaug Synnøve
dc.contributor.authorBondevik, Hilde
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-09T08:47:11Z
dc.date.available2024-08-09T08:47:11Z
dc.date.created2024-06-03T14:25:10Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.citationKvaale, Kaja, Oddgeir Synnes, Olaug S. Lian, and Hilde Bondevik. 2024. “‘That Bastard Chose me’: The Use of Metaphor in women’s Cancer Blogs”. Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare 8 (2).en_US
dc.identifier.issn2532-2044
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3145530
dc.description.abstractMetaphors play a significant role in how cancer is experienced and discussed. This study delves into the utilization of metaphors by women bloggers grappling with colorectal and gynecological cancers. By focusing on cancer types less represented in mainstream media, we aim to shed light on cancer cultures associated with body areas often considered taboo. Our findings reveal that widely recognized expressions and stories about cancer, such as the metaphors of battle and narratives promoting optimism and heroism in the face of illness, are deeply ingrained. However, a notable discovery is the prevalence of personification alongside these conventional expressions. Personifying cancer endows it with human characteristics, providing an outlet for bloggers to express their fear and frustration, including articulating feelings of sadness and anger, diverging from narratives centered on heroism and positive thinking. Furthermore, our analysis reveals a significant emphasis on death, underscoring that despite advancements in treatment, bloggers still perceive cancer as highly lethal. Personification can serve both detrimental and therapeutic purposes for bloggers and for societal perceptions of cancer survivorship, both reinforcing and opposing dominant Western discourses surrounding the illness. These findings enrich our understanding of cognitive and cultural tools used to describe cancer within contemporary Western society.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPavia : Pagepressen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectMetaforeren_US
dc.subjectMetaphorsen_US
dc.subjectcancer discourseen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjecttabooen_US
dc.subjectcancer blogsen_US
dc.subjectpersonificationen_US
dc.title“That bastard chose me”: The use of metaphor in women’s cancer blogsen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright (c) 2024 the Author(s)en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social sciences: 200en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-10en_US
dc.source.volume8en_US
dc.source.journalQualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcareen_US
dc.source.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4081/qrmh.2024.11908
dc.identifier.cristin2272977
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 283517en_US
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