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Contributors | p. viii |
Introduction: men's health in context | p. 1 |
Toward a new men's health | p. 3 |
Outline of the book | p. 5 |
Theorising masculinity and men's health | p. 9 |
Introduction | p. 9 |
Health and the social construction of gender | p. 11 |
Theorising masculinity in the context of health | p. 13 |
Conclusion | p. 26 |
Positioning prostate cancer as the problematic third testicle | p. 33 |
Introduction | p. 33 |
Moving-into prostate cancer | p. 36 |
Moving-through prostate cancer | p. 42 |
Moving out from prostate cancer | p. 50 |
Conclusion | p. 53 |
Men, masculinity and help-seeking behaviour | p. 63 |
Introduction | p. 63 |
Are men more reluctant to seek help than women, or is it just a myth? | p. 63 |
Gender role socialisation and help-seeking behaviour | p. 64 |
Help-seeking vis-à-vis the social construction of hegemonic masculinity | p. 70 |
Masculinities, identity and help-seeking behaviour | p. 73 |
Conclusion | p. 77 |
Gender and psychosocial adaptation after a coronary event: a relational analysis | p. 83 |
Introduction | p. 83 |
Method | p. 86 |
Living in denial | p. 87 |
Coping with diagnosis, treatment and recovery | p. 90 |
Reconstructing gender identity during extended recovery | p. 91 |
Discussion | p. 99 |
Conclusion | p. 104 |
Spectacular risk, public health and the technological mediation of the sexual practices of gay men | p. 107 |
Introduction | p. 107 |
Spectacular risk and public health | p. 109 |
Measuring and explaining risky behaviour | p. 112 |
Technologically mediated sexual cultures | p. 114 |
Public health after 'barebacking'? | p. 116 |
Conclusion | p. 120 |
Young men, masculinity and alcohol | p. 126 |
Introduction | p. 126 |
Young men's alcohol consumption | p. 126 |
Influences on young men's clririking | p. 128 |
The importance masculinity | p. 129 |
Recent qualitative research | p. 132 |
Quantitative analysis: beliefs and behaviour | |
Conclusion | |
Men's mental health | p. 145 |
Introduction | p. 145 |
Rates of mental disorders | p. 146 |
The social-constructionist perspective | p. 149 |
Gender portrayals in advertising of psychotropic drugs | p. 151 |
Over-and underachievement as a male mental health syndrome | p. 154 |
Men, warfare and mental health | p. 156 |
Conclusion | p. 158 |
Sport, health and steroids: paradox, contradiction or ethical self-formation? | p. 163 |
Introduction | p. 163 |
Sport and health as paradox | p. 164 |
From paradox to moral and ethical performance | p. 167 |
Bodybuilding as ethical practice and performance | p. 169 |
Physical growth and personal transformation in bodybuilding | p. 171 |
Dedication and the use of time | p. 173 |
Health as distinction | p. 176 |
Conclusion | p. 178 |
Racialised masculinities and the health of immigrant and refugee men | p. 132 |
Introduction | p. 182 |
The new men's health | p. 183 |
The health disparities literature in relation to race and ethnicity | p. 186 |
Marginalised masculinities and men's health | p. 188 |
Immigrant and refugee men in Australia | p. 190 |
The social context of immigrant and refugee men's health | p. 192 |
Gender issues facing immigrant and refugee men | p. 194 |
Conclusion | p. 196 |
Future research agenda in men's health | p. 202 |
Introduction | p. 202 |
Some guiding assumptions in research | p. 203 |
Dualistic thought | p. 204 |
The dominance of biomedical conceptions of health | p. 206 |
Developing new perspectives on men's health and illness | p. 208 |
Index | p. 215 |
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