DOI: 10.17151/kepes.2017.14.15.6
How to Cite
Gómez Arrieta, N. R. ., & Silva Salazar, Y. N. . (2017). Therapeutic photography as a form of re-signification of the body with mastectomy. Kepes, 14(15), 141–172. https://doi.org/10.17151/kepes.2017.14.15.6

Authors

Nancy Regina Gómez Arrieta
Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla
ngomez@uninorte.edu.co
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-9946
Perfil Google Scholar
Yesica Natalia Silva Salazar
Investigadora independiente
syesica@uninorte.edu.co
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6528-8725

Abstract

The article examines the potential of phototherapy as a tool that questions dominant discourses about mastectomized women. In doing so, we analyze the visual proposal of The SCAR Project, which resignifies the body image of mastectomized women to promote a collective dialogue about breast cancer as a public issue rather than an individual and isolated experience. A qualitative analysis of 14 photographs was carried out which allowed the construction of four categories based on an analysis of visual narratives: The breasts as the center of feminine subjectivity and political weapon; from invincible heroines to vulnerable subjects; a body in communion with other bodies; and a body with multiple identities. The analysis of the results allowed identifying three potential benefits of phototherapy: First, art as a form to communicate subjectivities; second, the potential of phototherapy as a means to make mastectomy a political issue; and third, the emergence of new representations that recreate the identities of the mastectomized women.

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