Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title |
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... cultural perspective to interpret the breadth of meaning associated with sperm and, by extension, with masculinity. My analysis explores how semen maintains a “fluidity of meaning,” both literally and metaphorically, in the arenas of ...
... cultures, and politics. Examining the science of semen historically and culturally, I show how scientific representations of sperm and semen change over time. Much like the fluid of semen itself can leak onto different fabrics and into ...
... cultural beliefs and practices enacted in these suggestive images: sperm are strong, eggs are passive. In this book ... culturally produce, represent, deploy, and institutionalize semen provides valuable perspectives on the changing ...
... cultural icons that do not reflect the reality of most men's lives. Nonetheless, this ascendancy of a “man's man” is supported by social structures in which the concept of masculinity is embedded: religion, politics, and popular culture ...
... cultural expressions of male angst. Movies like Fight Club and popular books such as Susan Faludi's Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man and Christina Hoff Sommers's The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young ...
Contents
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The Money Shot in Pornography and Prostitution | 71 |
Sperm Banks and the Crisis of Fatherhood | 92 |
Semen as Evidence | 121 |
The Future of Sperm | 147 |