Men′s Health and Illness: Gender, Power, and the Body

Book Overview

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.

The first part introduces perspectives of men′s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803952759
• ISBN13: 9780803952751
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"