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Testosterone Dreams - Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, Doping (Paperback, New Ed)
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Testosterone Dreams - Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, Doping (Paperback, New Ed)
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Testosterone has inspired dreams - of restored youth, recharged
sexual appetites, faster running, quicker thinking, bigger muscles
- since it was first synthesized in 1935. This provocative book
investigates the complex, bizarre, and sometimes outrageous history
of synthetic testosterone and other male hormone therapies.
Exploring many little-known social arenas - both inside and outside
the medical world - in which these substances are becoming
increasingly available and accepted, "Testosterone Dreams" examines
the implications and dangers of their use in professional sports,
in the workplace, in our sex lives, and beyond. "Testosterone
Dreams" tells the story of testosterone's growing and sometimes
concealed influence in our culture over the past 70 years. It
explores such controversial topics as the invention and marketing
of the male menopause, the disturbing history of hormonal and other
medical treatments aimed at boosting or suppressing women's
sexuality, and hormone doping in sporting events such as the Tour
de France and the Olympics, and in Major League Baseball. It brings
to light the hidden use of hormone doping by policemen, soldiers,
and other workers in a variety of jobs. It also discusses the
burgeoning steroid use in the gay community and its relation to
AIDS, and takes a hard look at the pharmaceutical industry's
promotional campaigns to create new markets for testosterone
products. "Testosterone Dreams" is the first book to bring together
the whole story of testosterone and to consider its social and
ethical implications: Where does therapy end and performance
enhancement begin? How are changing medical technologies affecting
how we think about our identities as men and women and the elusive
goal of 'well-being'? This book will be essential reading as we
move inexorably toward the wide-open, libertarian pharmacology that
is now making these drug regimes available to a wider and wider
clientele.
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Imprint: |
University of California Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2005 |
First published: |
March 2006 |
Authors: |
J. Hoberman
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
381 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-24822-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Other branches of medicine >
Pharmacology >
General
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LSN: |
0-520-24822-8 |
Barcode: |
9780520248229 |
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