Gender and the Social Construction of Illness

AvJudith Lorber,Lisa Jean Moore

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. SIGNS labeled the first edition 'a rich and imaginative work.' In the extensively revised second edition of this successful text, the authors add chapters on disability and genital surgeries. They also update and expand their discussions of social epidemiology, AIDS, the health professions, PMS, menopause, and feminist health care. For a creative, feminist-oriented alternative to traditional texts on medical sociology, medical anthropology, and the history of medicine, this is an ideal choice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-08-15
Mått:155 x 233 x 11 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Gender Lens
Antal sidor:208
Upplaga:2
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759102385

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Judith Lorber is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies at the Graduate School and Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY). Lisa Jean Moore is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the Graduate School and the College of Staten Island, CUNY.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Gender and the Social Construction of Illness: OverviewChapter 2: Women Get Sicker, but Men Die Quicker: Social EpidemiologyChapter 3: Hierarchies in Health Care: Patients, Professionals, and GenderChapter 4: Gender and Disability: Contradictions and Status DilemmasChapter 5: If a Situation is Defined as Real: Premenstrual Syndrome and MenopauseChapter 6: Genital Surgeries: Gendering BodiesChapter 7: A Modern Plague: Gender and AidsChapter 8: Healing Social Bodies in Social Worlds: Feminist Healthcare