Book
Maturing masculinities: aging, chronic illness, and Viagra in Mexico
Duke University Press
2013
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Maturing masculinities: aging, chronic illness, and Viagra in Mexico
- Creators
- Emily A Wentzell - University of Iowa, Interdisciplinary Programs
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of 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.; Chapter Three; Mexicanness, machismo, and maturity in composite masculinities; Conclusion: cultural change over time in responses to erectile difficulty; Introduction: changing bodies and masculinities in post-viagra mexico; Index; Chapter Four; Medical erectile dysfunction treatment in context; Chapter Five; Contents; Acknowledgments; Sex, relationships, and masculinities; Chapter One; Rejecting erectile dysfunction drugs; Chapter Two; Bibliography; Chronic illnesses as composite problems; Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Changing Bodies and Masculinitiesin Post-Viagra Mexico Mexicanness, Machismo, and Maturity in Composite Masculinities Sex, Relationships, and Masculinities Chronic Illnesses as Composite Problems Rejecting Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Medical Erectile Dysfunction Treatment in Context Cultural Change Over Time in Responses to Erectile Difficulty Bibliography Index; Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Changing Bodies and Masculinitiesin Post-Viagra Mexico -- Chapter One. Mexicanness, Machismo, and Maturity in Composite Masculinities -- Chapter Two. Sex, Relationships, and Masculinities -- Chapter Three. Chronic Illnesses as Composite Problems -- Chapter Four. Rejecting Erectile Dysfunction Drugs -- Chapter Five. Medical Erectile Dysfunction Treatment in Context -- Conclusion. Cultural Change Over Time in Responses to Erectile Difficulty -- Bibliography -- Index
- ISBN
- 9780822354918; 9780822355069; 0822354918; 082235506X
- eISBN
- 0822377527; 9780822377528
- Publisher
- Duke University Press; Durham
- Number of pages
- x, 213 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- International Studies; Anthropology; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983816895802771
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