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<p>Developed as a character in 2011, Mia is part of the world’s first breast cancer trilogy. <italic>Mia</italic><sup>i</sup> is a personal and professional project because the play’s roots are subjective (I lost my mother to breast cancer thirty years ago), as well as objective (I hold a PhD in Medical Humanities with publications at the intersection between the arts and medicine). This article focuses on the many <italic>cri(s)es</italic> that Mia faces as a woman. She is in her early thirties when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. The treatment is aggressive and, consequently, not only does she lose one of her breasts (via mastectomy), but she cannot keep a pregnancy. We meet Mia outside of the white and somewhat terrifying hospital walls, that is, we meet her at home, and because of that, we have the illusion that she is in a protected space. We soon discover otherwise.</p>
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Developed as a character in 2011, Mia is part of the world’s first breast cancer trilogy. Miai is a personal and professional project because the play’s roots are subjective (I lost my mother to breast cancer thirty years ago), as well as objective (I hold a PhD in Medical Humanities with publications at the intersection between the arts and medicine). This article focuses on the many cri(s)es that Mia faces as a woman. She is in her early thirties when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. The treatment is aggressive and, consequently, not only does she lose one of her breasts (via mastectomy), but she cannot keep a pregnancy. We meet Mia outside of the white and somewhat terrifying hospital walls, that is, we meet her at home, and because of that, we have the illusion that she is in a protected space. We soon discover otherwise.

The Many Cri(s)es of Mia <italic>In memoriam, to Rodica</italic>

American, British and Canadian Studies

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Developed as a character in 2011, Mia is part of the world’s first breast cancer trilogy. Miai is a personal and professional project because the play’s roots...

The Many Cri(s)es of Mia In memoriam, to Rodica

Published Online: Feb 15, 2023

Page range: 168 - 183

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2022-0022

Keywords
curriculum, performance, interdisciplinary writing, breast cancer, womanhood, health

© 2022 Cătălina Florina Florescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Many Cri(s)es of Mia In memoriam, to Rodica

Published Online: Feb 15, 2023

Page range: 168 - 183

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2022-0022

Keywordscurriculum, performance, interdisciplinary writing, breast cancer, womanhood, health

© 2022 Cătălina Florina Florescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
curriculum, performance, interdisciplinary writing, breast cancer, womanhood, health