Conceiving Masculinity

Conceiving Masculinity
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Publisher : Temple University Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 1439910421
ISBN-13 : 9781439910429
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Book Synopsis Conceiving Masculinity by : Liberty Walther Barnes

Download or read book Conceiving Masculinity written by Liberty Walther Barnes and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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