Prostate Health, Ageing and Society in Japan : A Gaze of Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, and the Male Body

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This ethnographic study of prostate health in super-aged Japan analyses prostate cancer and benign hyperplasia. Castro-Vázquez examines how biomedicine links prostate health to ethnicity and lifestyle choices, where a clinical issue renders a social matter, and early detection and prevention becomes an individual responsibility.