Male Bodies
Subtitle: Health, Culture, and Identity
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780335197866
Subjects: Anthropology; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Men's studies; Public health & preventive medicine; Personal Health; Sociology Of Men; Health & Fitness; Sociology; General; Men's Health; Men's Studies - General; Body image; Health and hygiene; Health behavior; Men; Social medicine
First sentence: Men's health has increasingly exercised the attention of the media during the 1990s.
Description: "This book takes an in-depth look at three key contemporary issues - health, identity and the body - by exploring how 'ordinary' men talk about their bodies and experience them in a variety of circumstances. Designed to complement the considerable theoretical work on the body over the past decade, Male Bodies draws on qualitative and quantitative data as well as addressing theoretical issues. It demonstrates the importance of developing an empirically and theoretically informed approach to men's health based on an understanding of male embodiment. It will be invaluable to students and researchers in sociology, health, gender and cultural studies, as well as health professionals concerned with men's health."--Jacket.