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Men's health and illness : gender, power, and the body / edited by Donald Sabo & David Frederick Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SAGE Series on Men and Masculinity
- Research on men and masculinities series ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men--Health and hygiene--Social aspects.
- Men.
- Men--Health and hygiene--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 334 p.).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 perceive and use their bodies and men's psychological adjustment to illness itself.
- 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
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with the Men's Studies Association, a task group of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803948143
- 080394814X
- 9781322421612
- 1322421617
- 9781452247571
- 1452247579
- 9780585254456
- 0585254451
- OCLC:
- 809773826
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