Prostate Cancer, Sexual Health, and Ageing Masculinities

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 cancerhow the disease affects men's self-perception and lifestyleand on sociological aspectsthat 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.

Outlines the perspectives of men, their partners and professionals Takes a comprehensive approach to prostate cancer, its treatment and side-effects Relates prostate cancer to issues of masculinity, intimacy and sexual health

Autorentext

Thomas Johansson is Professor of Education at The University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Jesper Andreasson is Associate Professor of Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden.

Inhalt

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.