Men's Health and Illness : Gender, Power and the Body.

Men's Health and Illness : Gender, Power and the Body.

A multidisciplinary, international approach is taken in this volume which contextualizes men's health issues within the broader theoretical framework of men's studies. The contributors argue that gender is a key factor for understanding the patterns of men's health risks, the ways men...

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Main Author: Sabo, Donald
Other Authors: Gordon, Dr. David F. F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1995.
Series:SAGE Series on Men and Masculinity.
Subjects:
Men > Health and hygiene > Social aspects.
Men > Health and hygiene > Psychological aspects.
Men > Health and hygiene > Psychological aspects
Men > Health and hygiene > Social aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part I
  • Masculinity, Health, and Illness; Chapter 1
  • Rethinking Men's Health and Illness; Chapter 2
  • Contributions of Changing Gender Differences in Behavior and Social Roles to Changing Gender Differences in Mortality; Chapter 3
  • Premature Death Among Males; Chapter 4
  • Masculinity, Men's Roles, and Coronary Heart Disease; Chapter 5
  • Life's Too Short to Die Small; Part II
  • Different Stakes; Chapter 6
  • Health Among African American Males; Chapter 7
  • Gender Politics, Pain, and Illness
  • Chapter 8
  • Sport, Masculinity, and the Injured BodyChapter 9
  • Coming to Terms; Part III
  • Psychosocial and Clinical Aspects of Men's Health; Chapter 10
  • Men's Style of Nurturing Elders; Chapter 11
  • Sexual Adaptations Among Gay Men with HIV; Chapter 12
  • Testicular Cancer and Masculinity; Chapter 13
  • Identity Dilemmas of Chronically Ill Men; Chapter 14
  • Men who Survive a Suicidal Act; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Contributors

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