Looking back at the Price family tree, the women in the family treated the genetic information in different ways.
After Deborah has been tested positive for the BRCA gene she decided to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy. This procedure, performed as a preventive medical treatment, changes her appearance (unlike the removal of ovaries). Could this visible modification of the body also considered to be an external expression of her family identity?
(image taken from oskarmilde’s flickr photostream)
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