Men's health : body, identity and social context / edited by Alex Broom, Philip Tovey.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: ix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0470516569
9780470516560

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DDC classification:

362.1081 22

LOC classification:

RA564.83 .M49 2009

Contents:

Theorising masculinity and men's health / Will Courtenay -- Positioning prostate cancer as the problematic third testicle / John L. Oliffe -- Men, masculinity, and help-seeking behaviour / Paul M. Galdas -- Gender and psychosocial adaptation after a coronary event : a relational analysis / Don Sabo and Julia Hall -- Spectacular risk, public health, and the technological mediation of the sexual practices of gay men / Mark Davis -- Young men, masculinity, and alcohol / Richard de Visser -- Men's mental health / Elianne Riska -- Sport, health, and steroids : paradox, contradiction, or ethical self-formation? / Helen Keane -- Racialised masculinities and the health of immigrant and refugee men / Bob Pease -- Future research agenda in men's health / Alan Petersen.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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