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Maturing masculinities : aging, chronic illness, and Viagra in Mexico / Emily A. Wentzell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wentzell, Emily A., 1980-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity--Mexico.
- Masculinity.
- Machismo--Mexico.
- Machismo.
- Impotence--Mexico.
- Impotence.
- Sildenafil--Mexico.
- Sildenafil.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on interviews with male patients in a urology clinic in Cuernavaca, Maturing Masculinities offers an exploration of how older men in urban Mexico incorporate aging and decreasing erectile function into their conceptions of themselves as men.
- Contents:
- Introduction: changing bodies and masculinities in post-Viagra mexico
- Mexicanness, machismo, and maturity in composite masculinities
- Sex, relationships and masculinities
- Chronic illnesses as composite problems
- Rejecting ED drugs
- Medical ED treatment in context
- Conclusion: cultural change over time in responses to erectile difficulty.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822355069
- 082235506X
- 9780822377528
- 0822377527
- OCLC:
- 1145651918
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