Prostate Cancer, Sexual Health, and Ageing Masculinities

Exploring the Achilles' Heel of Men

Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XIII, 131 Seiten

2024 | 1st ed. 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-53038-8 (ISBN)

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This book provides a rich, multidimensional analysis of how prostate cancer is lived, treated, and perceived by different actors through the stages of care, rehabilitation, and recovery. Furthermore, it focuses on how side effects, such as urinary leakage and impotence, affects the construction of masculinity. Though the book foregrounds men treated for prostate cancer, it also includes the voices of partners and health care professionals, such as urologists, contact nurses, and sexual health counsellors. The focus is on both phenomenological aspects of prostate cancer-how the disease affects men's self-perception and lifestyle-and on sociological aspects-that is, how gender and masculinity are understood and negotiated in social situations/interactions. Situated within the field of critical studies on men and masculinity the book engages in an intersectional analysis of the relationship between prostate cancer, class, and ageing masculinities, as well as providing an analysis of the complex relational triad created when voices of treated men, their partners, and health care professionals are brought together.

Jesper Andreasson is Professor of sport science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He has published extensively in the field of gender/body studies, family life and masculinity theory, and the sociology of sport. Thomas Johansson is Professor of Pedagogy at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is one of the key researchers in the field of men and masculinities in the Nordic countries.

1. Men and Their Health.- 2. The Cultural History of the Prostate.- 3. Narratives of Prostate Cancer: The Social Triad.- 4. Leaking Bodies, Sexual Health, and Masculinity.- 5. Coping Strategies and the Emotionology of Masculinity.- 6. Partners Care, Couplehood, and Intimate Life.- 7. The Care Apparatus and Healthcare Professionals at Work.- 8. Conclusion: Sexual Health and Ageing Prostate Cancer Masculinities.- 9. Methodology and Method.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.02.2024
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 131 p. 3 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	324 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Gender stereotypes • Hegemonic masculinity • Men's Health • self esteem • Sexual Dysfunction • Wellbeing
ISBN-10	3-031-53038-1 / 3031530381
ISBN-13	978-3-031-53038-8 / 9783031530388
Zustand	Neuware