A Cultural Biography of the Prostate
$55.30
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
What contemporary prostate angst tells us about how we understand masculinity, aging, and sexuality.
We are all suffering an acute case of prostate angst. Men worry about their own prostates and those of others close to them; women worry about the prostates of the men they love. The prostate—a gland located directly under the bladder—lurks on the periphery of many men’s health issues, but as an object of anxiety it goes beyond the medical, affecting how we understand masculinity, agin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543040 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262543044 |
| Author: | Ericka Johnson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
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Critics Review
“Her book is valuable for summarizing the shifting attitudes toward this strange, hidden gland, and illuminating how far we still have to go… it is to be applauded for its ambition; it seeks to broaden the discourse around men’s health in the clinic and the academy. I hope her work influences attitudes in the public sphere, too.” – The New York Review of Books
About The Author
Ericka Johnson
Ericka Johnson is Professor of Gender and Society at Link ping University in Sweden. She is the author of Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband- Russian-American Internet Romance, Refracting through Technologies- Bodies, Medical Technologies and Norms, and other books.
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