Being a Sperm Donor
Berghahn Books, Incorporated (Verlag)
9781785339462 (ISBN)
What does it mean to be a man in our biomedical day and age? Through ethnographic explorations of the everyday lives of Danish sperm donors, Being a Sperm Donor explores how masculinity and sexuality are reconfigured in a time in which the norms and logics of (reproductive) biomedicine have become ordinary. It investigates men's moral reasoning regarding donation, their handling of transgressive experiences at the sperm bank, and their related negotiations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy, showing how socio-cultural and political dimensions become intertwined with men's intimate sense of self.
Sebastian Mohr is Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. He works on the ethnography of gender, sexuality, and intimacy in the fields of (reproductive) biomedicine, the military and militarization, and technology. He is co-convenor of the EASA European Network for Queer Anthropology, board member of the Sexuality Research Network of the European Sociological Association, and member of the editorial board of Women, Gender & Research.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Being a Sperm Donor
Chapter 1. Becoming a Sperm Donor: Conceptual Pathways
Chapter 2. Regimes of Living: Donating Semen and the Pleasure of Morality
Chapter 3. Affective Investments: Masturbation and the Pleasure of Control
Chapter 4. Biosocial Relatedness: Being Connected and the Pleasure of Responsibility
Chapter 5. The Limits of Biosocial Subjectivation: Male Shame and the Displeasure of Gender Normativity
Conclusion: Biosocial Subjectivation Reconsidered
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.09.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 40 |
| Zusatzinfo | 6 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Herndon |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781785339462 / 9781785339462 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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