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• Title:Masculinity and men's health : coronary heart disease in medical and public discourse / Elianne Riska.
  
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• Author/Creator:Riska, Elianne.
  
• Published/Created:Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WG300 .R5955 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Coronary heart disease--Etiology.
  Type A behavior.
  Masculinity.
  
• Medical Subjects: Coronary Disease--psychology.
  Men--psychology.
  Attitude to Health.
  Stereotyping.
  Socioeconomic Factors.
  Type A Personality.
  
• Description:viii, 153 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"This book, which explores the social construction of one of the major health problems facing men in modern America, proposes that, far from being immutable, medical categorizations of men prone to heart attacks rely heavily on cultural stereotypes of masculinity. Elianne Riska traces the course of sociological and gender theory on men and masculinities and argues that we must look beyond the middle-class male paradigm to consider the nuances of race, class, and sexual orientation."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-143) and index.
  
• ISBN:0742529002 (alk. paper)
  9780742529007 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Introduction
  2. victimized self : men's personality as a medical risk factor
  3. rise of type A man in medical discourse
  4. fall of type A man : the psychologization of the concept
  5. How the hardy executive supplanted type A man
  6. John Henryism : the hard-working marginal man
  7. construction of categories and measurements
  8. Types of masculinities : class, race, and men's health
  9. Conclusion.