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Gender and the Social Construction of Illness 2nd Edition
Author(s): Lisa Jean Moore (Author), Judith Lorber (Author)
- Publisher: AltaMira Press (UK)
- Publication Date: 20 Aug. 2002
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 0759102376
- ISBN-13: 9780759102378
Book Description
Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. SIGNS labeled the first edition a rich and imaginative work. In the extensively revised second edition of this successful text, the authors add chapters on disability and genital surgeries. They also update and expand their discussions of social epidemiology, AIDS, the health professions, PMS, menopause, and feminist health care. For a creative, feminist-oriented alternative to traditional texts on medical sociology, medical anthropology, and the history of medicine, this is an ideal choice.
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About the Author
Judith Lorber is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies at the Graduate School and Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY). Lisa Jean Moore is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at the Graduate School and the College of Staten Island, CUNY.
