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.
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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.
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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.
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“Surviving prostate cancer is an embodied experience impacting a man’s sense of self. But by interviewing men, their partners, and health care providers, this important book shows that treatment and its aftereffects are complexly intertwined with how those people close to a man frame masculinity and other intersectional aspects of the subject—an important contribution to reimagining prostate cancer treatment.” (Ericka Johnson, Professor of Gender and Society, Linköping University, Sweden)
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Outlines the perspectives of men, their partners and professionals Takes a comprehensive approach to prostate cancer, its treatment and side-effects Relates prostate cancer to issues of masculinity, intimacy and sexual health
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783031530388
Publisert
2024-02-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
Research, P, 06
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Biographical note

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.