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Author Andreasson, Jesper, author

Title Prostate cancer, sexual health, and ageing masculinities : exploring the Achilles' heel of men / Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 131 pages) : color illustrations
Contents 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
Summary 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
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 29, 2024)
Subject Prostate -- Cancer.
Prostate -- Cancer -- Social aspects
Prostate -- Cancer -- Patients
Sexual health.
Aging.
Men -- Health and hygiene.
Prostatic Neoplasms
Sexual Health
Aging
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Johansson, Thomas, 1959- author
ISBN 9783031530395
303153039X