Browsing 2016 MU dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Advisor "Prasad, Srirupa, 1971-"
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Selling wellness : the cultural politics of holistic health in the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Currently, holistic health and lifestyle medicine are growing sectors of the U.S. health care market (Fadlon 2005). The term "holistic" entered the U.S. medical discourse in the 1970s and refers to the treatment of the ... -
Strange and familiar : narratives of embodiment and objects after breast cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Pink ribbon culture has, for better or worse, helped to transform survivors' experiences with breast cancer. Scholars argue that pink ribbon culture has shaped the types of narratives shared, informs normative depictions ...