"Je ne sais plus du tout qui je suis": The Phenomenology of Cancer in Anne Cuneo’s 'Une cuillerée de bleu'

Taking as its case study Anne Cuneo’s autopathography, Une cuillerée de bleu (1979), and supported by a phenomenological reading of the subjective realities of illness, including feelings of alienation, fragmentation, and passivity, this article considers how the experience of cancer affects the patient’s perception of her body, self, and world.