Elianne Riska

Masculinity and Men's Health

Coronary Heart Disease in Medical and Public Discourse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are men truly marked by their personality to fall victim to heart disease? This book offers a sociological analysis of medical knowledge, gender, and coronary heart disease (CHD) in post-WWII America. Using data on men's high death rates from CHD, the author illuminates contemporary thinking on how changes in the economic and social order influence men's health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780742529014
• ISBN-10: 0742529010
• Artikelnr.: 21410266

Autorenporträt

By Elianne Riska

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Victimized Self: Men's Personality as
a Medical Risk Factor Chapter 3 The Rise of Type A Man in Medical Discourse
Chapter 4 The Fall of Type A Man: The Pyschologization of the Concept
Chapter 5 How the Hardy Executive Supplanted Type A Man Chapter 6 John
Henryism: The Hard-Working Marginal Man Chapter 7 The Construction of
Categories and Measurements Chapter 8 Types of Masculinities: Class, Race,
and Men's Health Chapter 9 Conclusion