Masculinity and Men''s Health - Coronary Heart Disease in Medical and Public Discourse

Informationen zum Autor By Elianne Riska Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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! it illuminates contemporary thinking on how changes in the economic and social order influence men's health. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Elianne Riska, Riska Elianne
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2006
• EAN: 9780742529014
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2901-4
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Health systems & services, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Health systems and services