Male bodies - health, culture and identity
Publication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2000ISBN:- 033519785X
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Summary: This book seeks to demonstrate the importance of developing an empirically and theoretically informed approach to men's health based on an understanding of male embodiment.
Introduction ; Dominant perspectives shaping men's health ; Social theory, the body and health ; The contribution of lay knowledge ; The male body in everyday life ; The idea of embodiment ; Prevention and agency ; Men's health : some conclusions ; Appendix : biographical profiles ; Bibliography ; Index
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Introduction ; Dominant perspectives shaping men's health ; Social theory, the body and health ; The contribution of lay knowledge ; The male body in everyday life ; The idea of embodiment ; Prevention and agency ; Men's health : some conclusions ; Appendix : biographical profiles ; Bibliography ; Index
This book seeks to demonstrate the importance of developing an empirically and theoretically informed approach to men's health based on an understanding of male embodiment.
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