Men, masculinities and health : critical perspectives / edited by Brendan Gough and Steve Robertson.

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Introduction : what is the point of this book? / Brendan Gough and Steve Robertson -- Part I : Current issues and debates in the field of men's health and masculinity. -- Developing a critical men's health debate in academic scholarship. / Maria Lohan -- A grand illusion : masculinity, 'passing' and men's health. / David Buchbinder -- Men, public health and health promotion : towards a critically structural and embodied understanding. / Steve Robertson and Robert Williams -- Bugging the cone of silence with men's health interviews. / John L. Oliffe -- Part 2 : Popular conceptions of men's health and well-being. -- Men's negotiations of a 'legitimate' self-help group identity. / Sarah Seymour-Smith -- Older men's health : the role of marital status and masculinities. / Kate Davidson and Robert Meadows -- Promoting 'masculinity' over health : a critical analysis of men's health promotion with particular reference to an obesity reduction 'manual.' / Brendan Gough -- The health experiences of African-Caribbean and white working-class fathers. / Robert Williams -- Part 3 : Men, masculinities and illness. -- Pathologising fatherhood : the case of male post-natal depression in Britain. / Ellie Lee -- Prostate cancer and masculinities in Australia. / Alex Broom -- Understanding masculinities within the context of men, body image and eating disorders. / Murray Drummond -- The role of masculinities in white and South Asian men's help-seeking behavior for cardiac chest pain. / Paul Galdas -- Afterword : what next for men's health research? / Steve Robertson and Brenan Gough

Includes bibliographical references and index.