Overview
- Authors:
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Jesper Andreasson
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Department of Sport Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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Thomas Johansson
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University of Gothenburg, Department of Education, Gothenburg, Sweden
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
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 1-14
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 15-30
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 31-43
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 45-60
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 61-76
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 77-95
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 97-111
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 113-118
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- Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson
Pages 119-127
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Back Matter
Pages 129-131
About this book
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 cancer—how the disease affects men’s self-perception and lifestyle—and on sociological aspects—that 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.
Reviews
“Surviving prostate cancer is an embodied experience impacting a man’s sense of self. But by interviewing men, their partners, and health care providers, this important book shows that treatment and its aftereffects are complexly intertwined with how those people close to a man frame masculinity and other intersectional aspects of the subject—an important contribution to reimagining prostate cancer treatment.” (Ericka Johnson, Professor of Gender and Society, Linköping University, Sweden)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Sport Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
Jesper Andreasson
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University of Gothenburg, Department of Education, Gothenburg, Sweden
Thomas Johansson
About the authors
Jesper Andreasson is Professor of Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He has published extensively in the field of gender/body studies, family life and masculinity theory, and the sociology of sport.
Thomas Johansson is Professor of Pedagogy at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is one of the key researchers in the field of men and masculinities in the Nordic countries.
