Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk (Häftad)
avLee Monaghan
ISBN: 9780415226837 - UTGIVEN: 200012Current popular interest in bodies, fitness, sport and active lifestyles has made bodybuilding more visible and acceptable within mainstream society than ever before. However, the association between bodybuilding, drugs and risk has contributed to a negative image of an activity which many people fi[...]
Men and the War on Obesity (Storpocket)
avLee Monaghan
ISBN: 9780415407120 - UTGIVEN: 200712Is obesity really a public health problem and what does the construction of obesity as a health problem mean for men? According to official statistics, the majority of men in nations such as England and the USA are overweight or obese. Public health officials, researchers, governments and various ag[...]
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology (Häftad)
avLee Monaghan, Jonathan Gabe
ISBN: 9780857024787 - UTGIVEN: 201303How do we understand health in relation to society? What role does culture play in shaping our experiences of, and orientation to, health and illness? How do we understand medicine and medical treatment within a sociological framework? Medical sociology is a dynamic and complex field of study, compr[...]
Challenging Myths of Masculinity (Inbunden)
avLee F. Monaghan, Michael Atkinson, Lee F. Monaghan
ISBN: 9781409435006 - UTGIVEN: 2014-06Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding, for example, has been explained in terms of gender inadequacy and an 'Adonis complex' akin to reverse anorexia, while men electing to und[...]
Bodybuilding, Drugs, and Risk (Inbunden)
avLee F. Monaghan
ISBN: 9780415226820 - UTGIVEN: 2001-02Current popular interest in bodies, fitness, sport and active lifestyles, has made bodybuilding more visible and acceptable within mainstream society than ever before. However, the association between bodybuilding, drugs and risk has contributed to a negative image of an activity which many people f[...]
