Sex, Gender and Health (Biosocial Society Symposium Series)
Editorial Reviews
Review
'... extremely interesting and useful ... I highly recommend it for specialists and students in many different fields, biological and social anthropology being only the first of these.' E. Godina, Journal of Biosocial Science
Book Description
It is widely recognized that men and women in societies all over the world have very different experiences of sickness and health. This collection brings together biological and social anthropologists whose work illustrates how these subdisciplines have approached the task of explaining such differences. It demonstrates that an understanding of science and culture, using the notions of biological "sex" and socio-culturally constructed "gender" are both essential for furthering analyses of men's and women's, boys' and girls' experiences of health and disease. It addresses the important topics of gender differences in parental care, cardiovascular disease, reproductive health, and psychological illness, and looks at how the medicalization of women and their relative absence from models of population health might affect their experiences of preventative health measures. This book will be particularly useful for students in human sciences or anthropology courses, or anyone wishing to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on the subject.
Sex, Gender and Health (Biosocial Society Symposium Series)
Sex, Gender and Health (Biosocial Society Symposium Series),Tessa M. Pollard,Susan Brin Hyatt,Catherine Panter-Brick,Cambridge University Press,0521592828,Cross-cultural studies,Gender Studies,General,Health,Health Services For Special Classes,Medical anthropology,Public Health,Sex differences,Social Science,Sociology,Sociology Of Medicine,Anthropology,Health--Sex differences,Human biology,Social Science / Gender Studies,Women's studies
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