Maturing Masculinities: Aging, Chronic Illness, and Viagra in Mexico by Emily A.

Description: Maturing Masculinities by Emily A. Wentzell Based on interviews with male patients in a urology clinic in Cuernavaca, Maturing Masculinities offers an exploration of how older men in urban Mexico incorporate aging and decreasing erectile function into their conceptions of themselves as men. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Maturing Masculinities is a nuanced exploration of how older men in urban Mexico incorporate aging, chronic illness, changing social relationships, and decreasing erectile function into their conceptions of themselves as men. It is based on interviews that Emily A. Wentzell conducted with more than 250 male patients in the urology clinic of a government-run hospital in Cuernavaca. Drawing on science studies, medical anthropology, and gender theory, Wentzell suggests the idea of "composite masculinities" as a paradigm for understanding how men incorporate physical and social change into gendered selfhoods.Erectile dysfunction treatments like Viagra are popular in Mexico, where stereotypes of men as sex-obsessed "machos" persist. However, most of the men Wentzell interviewed saw erectile difficulty as a chance to demonstrate difference from this stereotype. Rather than using drugs to continue youthful sex lives, many collaborated with wives and physicians to frame erectile difficulty as a prompt to embody age-appropriate, mature masculinities. Author Biography Emily A. Wentzell is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. She is coeditor (with Marcia C. Inhorn) of Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Histories, Activisms, and Futures, also published by Duke University Press. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ixIntroduction. Changing Bodies and Masculinities in Post-Viagra Mexico 11. Mexicanness, Machismo, and Maturity in Composite Masculinities 352. Sex, Relationships, and Masculinities 603. Chronic Illnesses as Composite Problems 864. Rejecting Erectile Dysfunction Drugs 1105. Medical Erectile Dysfunction Treatment in Context 136Conclusion. Cultural Change Over Time in Responses to Erectile Difficulty 162Bibliography 187Index 197 Review "Maturing Masculinities is scholarly, informative, very readable, and affective. It is an excellent resource not just for Mexicanists or Latin Americanists more generally but also for a wider range of scholars and students of masculinities, health, aging, and other related issues. It is a work of cutting-edge anthropology." - Laura Lewis, author of Chocolate and Corn Flour: History, Race, and Place in the Making of "Black" Mexico "This incisive, surprising, and poignant ethnography from the hospital wards of Cuernavaca draws on the best studies in Mexico and elsewhere regarding masculinity, sexuality, and related health issues and takes us to a whole new level of scholarship. Being a woman studying erections proves no obstacle for an anthropologist as thoughtful as Emily A. Wentzell - on the contrary, she deftly uses it to her advantage, exploring how women so often help to create and define mens sexuality." - Matthew C. Gutmann, editor of Changing Men and Masculinities in Latin America Promotional Based on interviews with male patients in a urology clinic in Cuernavaca, Maturing Masculinities offers an exploration of how older men in urban Mexico incorporate aging and decreasing erectile function into their conceptions of themselves as men. Review Quote "Wentzell has produced an intriguing and moving ethnography that deserves a wide readership within anthropology and beyond." Details ISBN082235506X Author Emily A. Wentzell Short Title MATURING MASCULINITIES Publisher Duke University Press Language English ISBN-10 082235506X ISBN-13 9780822355069 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-07-05 Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Aging, Chronic Illness, and Viagra in Mexico Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2013-07-05 AU Release Date 2013-07-05 NZ Release Date 2013-07-05 US Release Date 2013-07-05 Pages 224 DEWEY 305.310972 Illustrations 8 illustrations Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127147753;

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