Prostate Cancer, Sexual Health, and Ageing Masculinities

Exploring the Achilles' Heel of Men
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-53041-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 131 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 202 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johansson, Thomas

Andreasson, Jesper

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.