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Maturing masculinities : aging, chronic illness, and Viagra in Mexico / Emily A. Wentzell.

Title
Maturing masculinities : aging, chronic illness, and Viagra in Mexico / Emily A. Wentzell.
Author
Wentzell, Emily A., 1980-
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.

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Details

Description
x, 213 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Introduction: changing bodies and masculinities in post-Viagra mexico --Mexicanness, machismo, and maturity in composite masculinities --Sex, relationships and masculinities --Chronic illnesses as composite problems --Rejecting ED drugs --Medical ED treatment in context --Conclusion: cultural change over time in responses to erectile difficulty.
Subject
  • Impotence > Mexico
  • Machismo > Mexico
  • Masculinity > Mexico
  • Sildenafil > Mexico
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: changing bodies and masculinities in post-Viagra mexico -- Mexicanness, machismo, and maturity in composite masculinities -- Sex, relationships and masculinities -- Chronic illnesses as composite problems -- Rejecting ED drugs -- Medical ED treatment in context -- Conclusion: cultural change over time in responses to erectile difficulty.
ISBN
  • 9780822354918 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822354918 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822355069 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 082235506X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2013010158