“A Crisis of Masculinity?”: The Intersection of Gender, Illness, and Selfhood in the Narratives of Prostate Cancer Survivors

This thesis in Socio-Cultural Anthropology explores the way prostate cancer, as an illness experience, influences the masculinity and identity of survivors. It draws on theory from the subfield of Medical Anthropology and Masculinity Studies to demonstrate the complex relationship between gender, il...

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Main Author: Folco, Joseph
Format: Others
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/977935/1/Folco_MA_F2013.pdf
Folco, Joseph <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Folco=3AJoseph=3A=3A.html> (2013) “A Crisis of Masculinity?”: The Intersection of Gender, Illness, and Selfhood in the Narratives of Prostate Cancer Survivors. Masters thesis, Concordia University.