Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine.

Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine.

Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men's aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it investigates the interrelated aspects of aging, masculinities and biomedicine, allowing for a timel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kampf, Antje
Other Authors: Marshall, Barbara L., Petersen, Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Older men > Health and hygiene.
Aging.
Masculinity.
Aging
Masculinity
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Aging men, masculinities and modern medicine: An introduction; PART I Rethinking concepts: historical perspectives; 1 Aging, embodiment and the negotiation of the Third and Fourth Ages; 2 Testosterone and the pharmaceuticalization of male aging; 3 'There is a person here': Rethinking age(ing), gender and prostate cancer; PART II Scientific and health discourses on aging men; 4 Aging men: Resisting and endorsing medicalization
  • 5 The vicissitudes of 'healthy aging': The experiences of older migrant men in a rural Australian community6 What a difference a gay makes: The constitution of the 'older gay man'; PART III Aging, sexualities and identities; 7 Decreasing erectile function and age-appropriate masculinities in Mexico; 8 Enhancing masculinity and sexuality in later life through modern medicine: Experiences of polygynous Yoruba men in southwest Nigeria; 9 'I haven't died yet': Navigating masculinity, aging and andropause in Turkey; PART IV Care work; 10 Older men: The health and caring paradox

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