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100	1		_aAnnandale, Ellen.
245	1	0	_aWomen's health and social change / _cEllen Annandale.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2009 [i.e.2008.]
300			_a192 p. ; _c23 cm.
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366			_b20080730
490		0	_aCritical studies in health and society ; _vv. 10
504			_aIncludes bibliography (p.[151]-175) and index.
505	0		_a1. Recovering gender and health in history 2. Making connections: feminism, sociology and health 3. Two traditions of research on gender and health 4. Women, health and reproduction 5. Moving beyond sex and gender 6. Morbidity and mortality in transition 7. The making of women's health: diversity and difference 8. Concluding remarks and ways forward.
520			_aOutlines what an adequate feminist analysis of women's health might look like. This book is suitable for academics and students working in sociology, women's studies, gender studies, social medicine, social policy, nursing and midwifery. _bTraditional distinctions between the experiences of women and men are breaking down and being reconfigured in new, more complex ways. The long-established life expectancy gap between men and women appears to be closing in many affluent societies. Many men appear to be far more 'body and health conscious' than they ever were in the past and there are perceptible changes in women's 'health behaviours', such as increases in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption. Ellen Annandale provides a comprehensive and persuasive analysis of the contemporary social relations of gender and women's health, arguing that the once all important sex/gender distinction fosters an undue separation between the social and the biological whereas it is their interaction and flexibility that is important in the production of health and illness.New theoretical tools are needed in a world where the meaning and lived experience of biological sex and of social gender, as well as the connections between them, are far more fluid. This book takes a step forward, outlining what an adequate feminist analysis of women's health might look like. "Women's Health and Social Change" will be of interest to academics and students working in sociology, women's studies, gender studies, social medicine, social policy, nursing and midwifery.
521			_aUndergraduate.
545	0		_aUniversity of Leicester, UK.
650		0	_aWomen _xHealth and hygiene.
650		0	_aFeminist theory.
650		0	_aSocial change.
650		7	_aFeminism. _2bicssc
650		7	_aIllness & addiction: social aspects. _2bicssc
650		7	_aPersonal & public health. _2bicssc
650		7	_aSocial theory. _2bicssc
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