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Men's health : body, identity, and social context /

Men's health : body, identity, and social context / edited by Alex Broom and Philip Tove. - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2009. - ix, 220 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theorising masculinity and men's health -- Positioning prostate cancer as the problematic third testicle -- Men, masculinity, and help-seeking behaviour -- Gender and psychosocial adaptation after a coronary event : a relational analysis -- Spectacular risk, public health, and the technological mediation of the sexual practices of gay men -- Young men, masculinity, and alcohol -- Men's mental health -- Sport, health, and steroids : paradox, contradiction, or ethical self-formation? -- Racialised masculinities and the health of immigrant and refugee men -- Future research agenda in men's health.

9780470516560 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2008032152


Men--Health and hygiene--Social aspects.
Masculinity--Social aspects.
Human body--Social aspects.
Gender identity--Social aspects.

RA564.83 / .M49 2009

362.1081

WA 306 / M548 2009

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