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Maturing Masculinities : Aging, Chronic Illness, and Viagra in Mexico /

Based on interviews with male patients in a urology clinic in Cuernavaca, Maturing Masculinities offers an exploration of how older men in urban Mexico incorporate aging and decreasing erectile function into their conceptions of themselves as men.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wentzell, Emily A., 1980- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: changing bodies and masculinities in post-Viagra mexico
  • Mexicanness, machismo, and maturity in composite masculinities
  • Sex, relationships and masculinities
  • Chronic illnesses as composite problems
  • Rejecting ED drugs
  • Medical ED treatment in context
  • Conclusion: cultural change over time in responses to erectile difficulty.