High Pressure Days: Masculinity in American Literature

There are specific stereotypes or images of what the right person should be and what to fight. It is an image of workers constantly dominated by mainstream society, masculine, and always dominant. Reputation is an important element of how people engage and act as people. Through history and literature, a very respectable reputation and superior position are two goals of male effort. From the Puritan era, the Victorian era, and from the 1920s, as John Procter, Texas Ranger LaBeouf, and Jay Gatsby did, people always tried to maintain their "masculinity".

The position of African American men and women is very worried. This article reviews African-American male literature in the field of male and male psychology. We focus on the theory and research which describes the masculinity of African-Americans and how traditional masculinity and ethnic identity are related to the health and happiness of African American men It is. In this article I will explain the background of a special series of articles introducing articles from African-American men to deepen their understanding of psychosocial factors related to health and well-being of African-American men.

Currently there are seven commonly used measures of male male ideology in male psychology and male literature. Studies of male ideology in African-American men found ambiguous results. Several studies have shown that African-American men more strongly support traditional male ideology than European-American men (eg Levant et al., 2003; Levant, Majors, & Kelley , 1998; Levant & Majors, 1997; Levant, Smalley, Aupont, House). , Rich - mond, & Noronha, 2007; Pleck, Sonenstein, & Ku, 1993, 1994). However, other studies have shown that African-Americans and European-American men do not differ in their support of traditional male ideology (eg Abreu, Goodyear, Campos, and 2000; Thompson , Grisanti, and 1985). Differences on the surface are affected more by race and ethnicity than in geographical areas (Levant et al., 1998).

Based on our research on literature, there are few systematic studies specific to African Americans and blood pressure control. This article focuses on the overall situation of African Americans. Recommended research areas include medical quality, access to care, social networking, spirituality or religion, racial discrimination and knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards high blood pressure. Non-traditional partners such as religious groups, fraternities and barber shops are an important entry point for the community and are keen to work in their communities in cooperation with the provincial Ministry of Health and public health programs is. Providing partners to intervention programs to provide incentives increases the chances of successful intervention.