Masculinity and men's health : coronary heart disease in medical and public discourse / Elianne Risk...
Masculinity and men's health : coronary heart disease in medical and public discourse / Elianne Risk...
Masculinity and men's health : coronary heart disease in medical and public discourse / Elianne Riska.
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Publisher
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, c2004.
Call Numbers
N616.12307/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 153 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The victimized self : men's personality as a medical risk factor -- 3. The rise of type A man in medical discourse -- 4. The fall of type A man : the psychologization of the concept -- 5. How the hardy executive supplanted type A man -- 6. John Henryism : the hard-working margi...
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Publisher
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, c2004.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"This book, which explores the social construction of one of the major health problems facing men in modern America, proposes that, far from being immutable, medical categorizations of men prone to heart attacks rely heavily on cultural stereotypes of masculinity. Elianne Riska traces the course of sociological and gender theory on men and masculin...
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Full title
Masculinity and men's health : coronary heart disease in medical and public discourse / Elianne Riska.
Portion of title
Coronary heart disease in medical and public discourse.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-143) and index.
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N616.12307/1
Record Identifier
74Vv5jEv24yg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5jEv24yg
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ISBN
0742529002 (alk. paper)
9780742529007 (alk. paper)
DDC
616.123071
MMS ID
991017826109702626
