Men's Health: Body, Identity and Social Context

Description

This book explores the social, political and theoretical underpinnings of the men's health field. Written by experts in the field, it provides a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between cultural understandings and health-related issues. It looks at important issues such as prostate cancer, chest pain and heart disease and how men experience such problems. It examines sexuality, mental illness and ethnicity as well as the role that sport can play in men's health outcomes.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction: Men’s health in context
Introduction
Outline of the book
References

Chapter 1: Theorising Masculinity and Men's Health

• Introduction
• Health and the Social Construction of Gender
• Theorising Masculinity in the Context of Health
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgement
• References

Chapter 2: Positioning prostate cancer as the problematic third testicle

• Introduction
• A word about style
• Moving into Prostate Cancer
• Moving through Prostate Cancer
• Moving out from Prostate Cancer
• Recommendations and conclusion
• Author note
• Acknowledgements
• References

Chapter 3: Men, masculinity and help-seeking behaviour

• Introduction
• Are men more reluctant to seek help than women, or is it just a myth?
• Gender Role Socialisation and Help-seeking Behaviour
• Help-seeking vis-…-vis the social construction of hegemonic masculinity
• Masculinities, Identity, and Help-seeking Behaviour
• Concluding Remarks
• References

Chapter 4: Gender and psychosocial adaptation after a coronary event: a relational analysis

• Introduction
• Method
• Living in denial
• Coping with diagnosis, treatment and recovery
• Reconstructing gender identity during extended recovery
• Conclusion
• References

Chapter 5: Spectacular risk, public health and the technological mediation of the sexual practices of gay men

• Introduction
• Spectacular risk and public health
• Measuring and explaining risky behaviour
• Technologically mediated sexual cultures
• Public health after ‘barebacking’
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgement
• References

Chapter 6: Young men, masculinity and alcohol

• Introduction
• Young men’s alcohol consumption
• Influences on young men’s drinking
• The importance of masculinity 201
• Recent qualitative research into masculinity and alcohol consumption
• Quantitative analysis of links between masculinity and alcohol - beliefs and behaviour
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• References

Chapter 7: Men’s Mental Health

• Introduction
• Rates of mental disorders
• The social constructionist perspective
• Over and under-achievement as a male mental health syndrome
• Men, warfare and mental health
• Conclusion
• References

Chapter 8: Sport, health and steroids: Paradox, contradiction or ethical self-formation

• Introduction
• Sport and Health as Paradox
• From Paradox to Moral and Ethical Performance
• Bodybuilding as Ethical Practice and Performance
• Physical Growth and Personal Transformation in Bodybuilding
• Dedication and the use of time
• Health as Distinction
• Conclusion
• References

Chapter 9: Racialised masculinities and the health of immigrant and refugee men

• Introduction
• The New Men’s Health
• The health disparities literature in relation to race and ethnicity
• Marginalised masculinities and men’s health
• Immigrant and refugee men in Australia
• The social context of immigrant and refugee men’s health
• Gender issues facing immigrant and refugee men
• Conclusion
• References

Chapter 10: Future research agenda in men’s health

• Introduction
• Some guiding assumptions in research
• Dualistic thought
• The dominance of biomedical conceptions of health
• Developing new perspectives on men’s health and illness
• References