Men Masculinities And Infertilities

Author : Jonathan A. Allan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000591200

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Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities by Jonathan A. Allan Pdf

Drawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities analyses cultural representations of male infertility. Going beyond the biomedical and sociological towards interdisciplinary cultural studies, this book studies depictions of men’s infertility. It includes fictional representations alongside memoirs, newspaper articles, ethnographies and autoethnographies, and scientific reporting. Works under discussion range from twentieth-century novel Lady Chatterley's Lover to romantic comedy film Not Suitable For Children, and science fiction classic Mr Adam, as well as encompassing genres including blockbuster romance and memoir. Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities draws upon both sociological and popular culture research to trace how the discourse of cultural anxiety unfolds across disciplines. This engaging work will be of key interest to scholars of popular culture studies, gender and women’s studies (including queer and sexuality studies), critical studies of men and masculinities, cultural studies, and literary studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Liberty Walther Barnes
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1439910413

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Conceiving Masculinity by Liberty Walther Barnes Pdf

In Conceiving Masculinity, Liberty Walther Barnes puts the world of male infertility under the microscope to examine how culturally pervasive notions of gender shape our understanding of disease, and how disease impacts our personal ideas about gender. Taking readers inside male infertility clinics, and interviewing doctors and couples dealing with male infertility, Barnes provides a rich account of the social aspects of the confusing and frustrating diagnosis of infertility. She explains why men resist a stigmatizing label like "infertile," and how men with poor fertility redefine for themselves what it means to be manly and masculine in a society that prizes male virility. Conceiving Masculinity also details how and why men embrace medical technologies and treatment for infertility. Broaching a socially taboo topic, Barnes emphasizes that infertility is not just a women's issue. She shows how gender and disease are socially constructed within social institutions and by individuals.

Author : Esmée Sinéad Hanna,Brendan Gough
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800716117

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(In)Fertile Male Bodies by Esmée Sinéad Hanna,Brendan Gough Pdf

Esmée Sinéad Hanna and Brendan Gough examine men’s experiences of fertility and lifestyle practices, exploring personal experiences of the role of lifestyle in the quest for conception as well as the broader promotion of ‘lifestyle’ within both clinical and online material as a key aspect for ‘improving’ male fertility.

Author : Marcia C. Inhorn,Maruska la Cour Mosegaard,Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen,Helene Goldberg
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857455369

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Reconceiving the Second Sex by Marcia C. Inhorn,Maruska la Cour Mosegaard,Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen,Helene Goldberg Pdf

Extensive social science research, particularly by anthropologists, has explored women's reproductive lives, their use of reproductive technologies, and their experiences as mothers and nurturers of children. Meanwhile, few if any volumes have explored men's reproductive concerns or contributions to women's reproductive health: Men are clearly viewed as the "second sex" in reproduction. This volume argues that the marginalization of men is an oversight of considerable proportions. It sheds new light on male reproduction from a cross-cultural, global perspective, focusing not only upon men in Europe and America but also those in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Both heterosexual and homosexual, married and unmarried men are featured in this volume, which assesses concerns ranging from masculinity and sexuality to childbirth and fatherhood.

Author : Marcia C. Inhorn
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400842629

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The New Arab Man by Marcia C. Inhorn Pdf

Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. The New Arab Man challenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction. Drawing on two decades of ethnographic research across the Middle East with hundreds of men from a variety of social and religious backgrounds, Marcia Inhorn shows how the new Arab man is self-consciously rethinking the patriarchal masculinity of his forefathers and unseating received wisdoms. This is especially true in childless Middle Eastern marriages where, contrary to popular belief, infertility is more common among men than women. Inhorn captures the marital, moral, and material commitments of couples undergoing assisted reproduction, revealing how new technologies are transforming their lives and religious sensibilities. And she looks at the changing manhood of husbands who undertake transnational "egg quests"--set against the backdrop of war and economic uncertainty--out of devotion to the infertile wives they love. Trenchant and emotionally gripping, The New Arab Man traces the emergence of new masculinities in the Middle East in the era of biotechnology.

Author : James W. Messerschmidt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442232945

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Masculinities in the Making by James W. Messerschmidt Pdf

In this book, James W. Messerschmidt explores how masculinity is created through life histories on very different subjects—genderqueers, boys who have been bullied at school, and presidents—that illustrate theory in action. Taken together, Masculinities in the Making is compelling insight into masculinity today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Human reproduction
ISBN : 9780857456991

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Reconceiving the Second Sex: Men, Masculinity, and Reproduction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gavin Brookes,Małgorzata Chałupnik
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031384073

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Masculinities and Discourses of Men's Health by Gavin Brookes,Małgorzata Chałupnik Pdf

This book brings together a collection of case studies that explore the relationship between health and masculinity. It covers various topics related to health, such as mental health, sexual health, eating disorders and coronavirus, and offers health-based perspectives on issues such as migration and gender identity, as these relate to masculinities. In exploring these themes, this book addresses a wide range of communicative contexts, including online forums, interviews, advertising, sex education materials, migrant integration classes, and suicide notes. This book will appeal to linguists interested in health and gender (particularly masculinities), as well as scholars in fields such as psychology, media studies, cultural studies, and other humanities and social science disciplines with a focus on discourse.

Author : Jonathan A. Allan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351240000

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Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance by Jonathan A. Allan Pdf

Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially its continued interest in what Janice Radway has called "the purity of his maleness." Popular romance novels, perhaps more than any other genre, explore sexuality and gender, creating an ideal space in which to consider and explore theoretical models that think seriously about gender. The romance novel has long been criticized and celebrated by feminist critics. How can these novels maintain, according to some, feminist ideals, while also upholding what Raewyn Connell has long theorized as "hegemonic masculinity"? This volume is an original and important contribution examining the previously underexamined nexus of masculinity and popular romance studies. It will be of key interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in Masculinities, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Literary Studies, and highly relevant to courses in Masculinity Studies, Pop Culture Studies, Queer Studies and Sexuality Studies.

Author : Mary-Claire Mason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134907236

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Male Infertility - Men Talking by Mary-Claire Mason Pdf

How do men react to diagnosis of male infertility and how, if at all, are all their lives affected by it? Male infertility is commonplace yet the male experience of it has been woefully neglected. Male Infertility - Men Talking explores these issues by gathering together men's stories and seeing what common strands, if any, exist between them. Mary-Claire Mason explores the past and present medical management of male infertility as this forms an essential backdrop to the men's stories but the main emphasis is on how men's lives are affected. In the first half of this book the discovery of sperm and the man's role in reproduction is considered together with a review of how the past affects the present medical management of male infertility and the problems that bedevil it. The male voice predominates in the second painful events and relationships with families and friends, their feeling of isolation, their medical experiences, the importance of biological fatherhood, and their hopes for the future.

Author : Lahoucine Ouzgane
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848137141

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Islamic Masculinities by Lahoucine Ouzgane Pdf

This innovative book outlines the great complexity, variety and difference of male identities in Islamic societies. From the Taliban orphanages of Afghanistan to the cafés of Morocco, from the experience of couples at infertility clinics in Egypt to that of Iraqi conscripts, it shows how the masculine gender is constructed and negotiated in the Islamic Ummah. It goes far beyond the traditional notion that Islamic masculinities are inseparable from the control of women, and shows how the relationship between spirituality and masculinity is experienced quite differently from the prevailing Western norms. Drawing on sources ranging from modern Arabic literature to discussions of Muhammad‘s virility and Abraham‘s paternity, it portrays ways of being in the world that intertwine with non-Western conceptions of duty to the family, the state and the divine.

Author : M. Hall,Steve Robertson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781137080769

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Men, Masculinities and Health by M. Hall,Steve Robertson Pdf

Men drink too much alcohol, eat unhealthy food and avoid going to the doctors until they are seriously ill. Indeed, some say being masculine is bad for men's health. But is the situation so simple? This deeply engaging book explores both the psychological and sociological factors that affect men and their health. It investigates how notions of 'maleness' impact on the individual's approach to health and take-up of services, and provides clear foundations for best practice in care. Part 1 of the book explores and sets the theoretical scene. It asks why disparate fields have not previously been brought together and what theoretical frameworks could be utilised to assist in this process. Parts 2 and 3 consider empirical work in relation to men, health and illness, providing critical rather than simply descriptive accounts. Bringing together an international collection of contributors, Men, Masculinities and Health provides fresh ideas for practice; creating a fertile terrain for future debate that will excite all those interested in gender issues.

Author : Robin A Hadley
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781805393924

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How is a Man Supposed to be a Man? by Robin A Hadley Pdf

The global trend of declining fertility rates and an increasingly ageing population has serious implications for individuals and institutions alike. Childless men are mostly excluded from ageing, social science and reproduction scholarship and almost completely absent from most national statistics. This unique book examines the lived experiences of a hidden and disenfranchised population: men who wanted to be fathers. It explores the complex intersections that influence childlessness over the life course.

Author : Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr.
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781607611936

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Male Infertility by Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr. Pdf

Male Infertility: Problems and Solutions provides a summary of state of the art developments in male infertility for both new and experienced practitioners. Written in a clear, concise and readable style, this volume allows the reader to obtain rapid answers to this challenging medical issue. Special emphasis is placed on diagnostic and treatment algorithms. Topics covered include interpretation of semen analysis and advanced testing, endocrine and genetic evaluation, diagnosis of azoospermia as well as an up-to-date interpretation and analysis of the many new therapies available for the treatment of male factor infertility. Male Infertility: Problems and Solutions provides rapid acquisition of pertinent background and development of management plans through the use of concise discussion and treatment algorithms and thus will be of great value to general urologists, gynecologists, primary care providers and allied health providers who manage infertility in both men as well as women.

Author : Marcia C. Inhorn
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780691148892

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The New Arab Man by Marcia C. Inhorn Pdf

Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. The New Arab Man challenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction. Drawing on two decades of ethnographic research across the Middle East with hundreds of men from a variety of social and religious backgrounds, Marcia Inhorn shows how the new Arab man is self-consciously rethinking the patriarchal masculinity of his forefathers and unseating received wisdoms. This is especially true in childless Middle Eastern marriages where, contrary to popular belief, infertility is more common among men than women. Inhorn captures the marital, moral, and material commitments of couples undergoing assisted reproduction, revealing how new technologies are transforming their lives and religious sensibilities. And she looks at the changing manhood of husbands who undertake transnational "egg quests"--set against the backdrop of war and economic uncertainty--out of devotion to the infertile wives they love. Trenchant and emotionally gripping, The New Arab Man traces the emergence of new masculinities in the Middle East in the era of biotechnology.