Abstract
Theoretical development in the field of gender and health has been of restricted influence historically primarily because of its association with the undervalued field of “women’s health”. However the recent expansion of “gender and health” to include men and boys and the appreciation that the analysis of complex contemporary social life is enriched by the theoretical tools fashioned and honed within gender research, has widened its appeal. This has conveyed gender theory not only to it mainstream, but also into the maelstrom of current social theory. This makes it an opportune moment to reflect on the shape of gender theory in relation to health.
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Gilman’s ‘Our Androcentric Culture’ was serialised in the Forerunner, a commercial journal (funded by advertisements and subscriptions) which Gilman edited between 1901 and 1916. It contained only her individual writing and her responses to readers’ letters. The first 18 parts, published between 1901 and 1910, can be found at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3017 (accessed 7 March 2012).
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Annandale, E. (2013). Gender Theory and Health. In: Cockerham, W. (eds) Medical Sociology on the Move. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6193-3_8
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