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MALE BODIES
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| By: |
Jonathan Watson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£52.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0335197868 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780335197866 |
| Publisher: |
OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2000 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
This volume takes an in-depth look at three key contemporary issues - health, identity and body - by exploring how "ordinary" men talk about their bodies and experience them in a variety of circumstances. |
| Synopsis: |
How do men perceive their bodies? how can empirical study of the body inform our understanding of the social world of men? what are the implications of such understanding for public health? These days it seems that everybody has a view on what it means to be "a man" and why men behave in the way they do. The irony is that very little of this debate is informed by what men themselves have to say. This book takes an in-depth look at three key contemporary issues -health, identity and the body - by exploring how "ordinary" men talk about their bodies and experience them in a variety of circumstances. designed to complement the considerable theoretical work on the body over the past decade, this work draws on qualitative and quantitative data as well as addressing theoretical issues. It demonstrates the importance of developing an empirically and theoretically informed approach to men's health based on an understanding of male embodiment. It will be invaluable to students and researchers in sociology, health, gender and cultural studies, as well as health professionals concerned with men's health. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Open University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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