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Maturing Masculinitites : aging, chronic illness, and Viagra in Mexico
- Author
- Wentzell, Emily A., 1980-
- Title
- Maturing Masculinitites : aging, chronic illness, and Viagra in Mexico / Emily A. Wentzell.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Description
- x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- "Maturing Masculinities is a nuanced explortation of how older men in urban Mexico incorporate aging, chronic illness, changing social relationships, and decreasing erectile funciton in to 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 governement-run hospital in Cuernavaca." -- from back cover.
- Subject headings
- Masculinity--Mexico. Machismo--Mexico. Impotence--Mexico. Sildenafil--Mexico.
- Kinsey subjects
- Impotence--Mexico. Gender role identification--Male.
- ISBN
- 9780822355069