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Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine.
Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men's aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it investigates the interrelated aspects of aging, masculinities and biomedicine, allowing for a timel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Aging men, masculinities and modern medicine: An introduction; PART I Rethinking concepts: historical perspectives; 1 Aging, embodiment and the negotiation of the Third and Fourth Ages; 2 Testosterone and the pharmaceuticalization of male aging; 3 'There is a person here': Rethinking age(ing), gender and prostate cancer; PART II Scientific and health discourses on aging men; 4 Aging men: Resisting and endorsing medicalization
- 5 The vicissitudes of 'healthy aging': The experiences of older migrant men in a rural Australian community6 What a difference a gay makes: The constitution of the 'older gay man'; PART III Aging, sexualities and identities; 7 Decreasing erectile function and age-appropriate masculinities in Mexico; 8 Enhancing masculinity and sexuality in later life through modern medicine: Experiences of polygynous Yoruba men in southwest Nigeria; 9 'I haven't died yet': Navigating masculinity, aging and andropause in Turkey; PART IV Care work; 10 Older men: The health and caring paradox