| Description |
xiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Biosocial Society symposium series ; 11 |
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Biosocial Society symposium series ; 11
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| Contents |
1. Sex, gender and health: integrating biological and social perspectives / Tessa M. Pollard and Susan Brin Hyatt -- 2. Parental manipulation of postnatal survival and well-being: are parental sex preferences adaptive? / Catherine M. Hill and Helen L. Ball -- 3. Gender bias in South Asia: effects on child growth and nutritional status / Emily K. Rousham -- 4. Sex, gender and cardiovascular disease / Tessa M. Pollard -- 5. Social meanings and sexual bodies: gender, sexuality and barriers to women's health care / Lenore Manderson -- 6. Poverty and the medicalisation of motherhood / Susan Brin Hyatt -- 7. The vanishing woman: gender and population health / Patricia A. Kaufert -- 8. Agency, opposition and resistance: a systemic approach to psychological illness in sub-dominant groups / Roland Littlewood |
| Summary |
"It is widely recognised that men and women in societies all over the world have very different experiences of sickness and health. This collection brings together biological and social anthropologists whose work illustrates how these sub-disciplines have approached the task of explaining such differences. We demonstrate that an understanding of science and culture, using the notions of biological 'sex' and socio-culturally constructed 'gender' is essential for furthering analyses of men's and women's, boys' and girls' experiences of health and disease. We address the important topics of gender differences in parental care, cardiovascular disease, reproductive health and psychological illness, and look at how the medicalisation of women and their relative absence from models of population health might affect their experiences of preventative health measures |
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This book will be particularly useful for students on human sciences or anthropology courses, or anyone wishing to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on the subject."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Product of the Society's 1997 workshop which was held at the University of Durham's Stockton Campus"--P. xiii |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online version of the print title |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
| Issuing Body |
Full bibliographic record available from Mason's Book Centre |
| Subject |
Health -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Health -- Sex differences.
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Medical anthropology.
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| Author |
Hyatt, Susan Brin, 1953-
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Pollard, Tessa M., 1966-
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| LC no. |
98032165 |
| ISBN |
0521592828 |
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0521597072 (paperback) |
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