Men's health
Subtitle: body, identity, and social context
By: edited by Alex Broom and Philip Tove.
Contributors: Broom, Alex.; Tovey, Philip, 1963-
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780470516560
Subjects: Men -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects; Masculinity -- Social aspects; Body, Human -- Social aspects; Gender identity -- Social aspects; Men's Health; Gender Identity; Health Behavior
Description: Exploring the social, political and theoretical underpinnings of the field of men's health, this book offers a comprehensive survey of the relationships between cultural understandings and health-related issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theorising masculinity and men's health; title: Positioning prostate cancer as the problematic third testicle; title: Men, masculinity, and help-seeking behaviour; title: Gender and psychosocial adaptation after a coronary event : a relational analysis; title: Spectacular risk, public health, and the technological mediation of the sexual practices of gay men; title: Young men, masculinity, and alcohol; title: Men's mental health; title: Sport, health, and steroids : paradox, contradiction, or ethical self-formation?; title: Racialised masculinities and the health of immigrant and refugee men; title: Future research agenda in men's health.