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OverviewWhen medicalization the characterization of human traits in terms of disease and ailment first appeared as a concept in the 1970s, most social science gender scholarship focused on female or genderless bodies. The work on men, health, and medicine was scant and tended to depict masculinity as intrinsically damaging to men's health. Medicalized Masculinities considers how these threads in scholarship failed to consider the male body adequately and presents cutting-edge research into the definition and regulation of masculinity by medicine. Renowned health and gender studies experts examine medicalized conditions such as balding, aging, and other dimensions of the life cycle in the tradition of the sociology of health and gender. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dana Rosenfeld , Christopher Fairtcloth , Dana Rosenfeld , Christopher FairclothPublisher: Temple University Press Imprint: Temple University Press ISBN: 9781282568082ISBN 10: 1282568086 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 January 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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