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The Rise of Viagra – How the Little Blue Pill Changed Sex in America de Meika Loe

The Rise of Viagra – How the Little Blue Pill Changed Sex in America

Autor Meika Loe
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 aug 2004
Since its introduction in 1998, Viagra has launched a new kind of sexual revolution. Quickly becoming one of the most sought after drugs in history, the little blue pill created a sea change within the pharmaceutical industry—from how drugs could be marketed to the types of drugs put into development—as well as the culture at large. Impotency is no longer an embarrassing male secret; now it is called "erectile dysfunction," and is simply something to "ask your doctor" about. And over 16 million men have.The Rise of Viagra is the first book to detail the history and the vast social implications of the Viagra phenomenon. Meika Loe argues that Viagra has changed what qualifies as normal sex in America. In the quick-fix, pill-for-everything culture that Viagra helped to create, erections can now be had by popping a pill, making sex on demand, regardless of age or infirmity, and, potentially, for the rest of one's life.Drawing on interviews with men who take the drug, their wives, doctors and pharmacists as well as scientists and researchers in the field, this fascinating account provides an intimate history of the drug's effect on America. Loe also examines the quest for the female Viagra, the impact of the drug around the world, the introduction of new erection drugs, like Levitra and Cialis, and the rapid growth of the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry.This wide-ranging book explains how this medical breakthrough and cultural phenomenon have forever changed the meaning of sex in America.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814752005
ISBN-10: 0814752004
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 163 x 239 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: MI – New York University

Recenzii

"The book is not a polemic but a deep and thoughtful examination of derivative problems not anticipated by Viagra's aggressive marketers. It is especially effective when placing the campaign to promote Viagra (a trade name) in the greater context of the medicalization of modern health care."
—Choice"Meika Loe's core argument is that the unprecedented success of Viagra in America is not the result of an exciting scientific breakthrough bringing relief to the desperate or the dying. Rather, commercial interests have created a socially desirable but medically limited product-ironically, by denying the fundamentally social nature of sex. . . . The central argument gains pace throughout the book, becoming increasingly compelling as the ominous implications of Viagra for American society unfold."
—The New England Journal of Medicine"This book is immensely readable and highly accessible to a nonscientific audience. The Rise of Viagra adds a valuable sociological perspective to the public discourse on sexuality, technology, and sexual performance—a dialogue that the drug itself helped to create."
—The Journal of the American Medical Association"Loe delivers a smart, pointed analysis of the drug companies' phenomenally successful efforts to promote their goodies."
—Washington Post Book World"Loe documents the discoveries and the hype that is Viagra's legacy-from physician Giles Brindley dropping his pants to show hundreds of colleagues his chemically induced erection in 1983 to Bob Dole's confessions. In the process, Loe challenges drug companies' definitions of normal sex and normal aging."
—Psychology Today"The power of The Rise of Viagra lies in its clear observations of this fresh new process of disease creation. Many revealing and engaging quotes."
—British Medical Journal"This book tells the...very human story of the origins and consequences of the first blockbuster sex drug. . . . [A] sober inquiry about a drug that has intoxicated much of America. It could not be more thought-provoking, or more timely."
—ForeWord"Loe tells a fascinating and sometimes disturbing tale of products discovered before science understood why they worked, diseases expanded to the worried well and experts keeping cozy and often covert company with pharmaceutical companies."
—Library Journal"Armed with sociological skill and a sense of humor, Loe . . . raises important issues, which her heavily documented research suggests are real, regarding America's 'quick-fix pill culture.'"
—Booklist, starred review"This marvelous book offers penetrating insights about the most psychologically potent pill in history."
—Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America " The Rise of Viagra provides a timely, highly original, ad compelling interrogation of the increasingly intimate (and troubled) relationship between sex and medicine in the Viagra era”
— Men and Masculinities "[An] engaging account and trenchant critique of the powerful blue pill. Based on extensive research, and written with clarity, grace, and wit, The Rise of Viagra chronicles an incredible intertwining of bodies, pleasures, marketing savvy, and the undying quest for the medical fix."
—Steven Epstein, author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge"Meika Loe's book tells the story of Viagra with skill and verve. She brings to that tale a sharp eye, a fine ear, and just the right degree of irony."
—Daniel Callahan, author of What Price Better Health: Hazards of the Research Imperative"A fine piece of contemporary history. The Rise of Viagra paints a thoughtful portrait, letting the reader decide whether the Viagra phenomenon is ultimately to be celebrated or rued."
—Katharine Greider, author of The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers"As companies like Pfizer change the very meaning of what it means to be human in the twenty-first century, we need scholars like Meika Loe to expose their actions. One of the most important books in the field."
—David Healy, author of Let Them Eat Prozac

Notă biografică

Meika Loe is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Colgate University.

Descriere

Drawing on interviews with men who take the drug, their wives, doctors and pharmacists as well as scientists and researchers in the field, this fascinating account provides an intimate history of the Viagra's effect on America.