Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities

Drawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities¿studies cultural representations of male infertility.

List of contents

Introduction: Storytelling and Infertility; 1. Reading Infertility in Lady Chatterley's Lover; 2. "This Unspeakable Idea": Infertility in LaVyrle Spencer's Blockbuster Romance The Fulfillment; 3. Ejaculation and the Heavy Load of Masculinity; 4. "I have no good sperm": Infertility in The Trouble with Joe by Emilie Richards; 5. Trying and Failing: Men's Memoirs of Infertility; 6. The Money Shot Transformed: Masculinity, Ejaculation, and the Clinic; 7. Infertility and Missing Out in Not Suitable for Children*; 8. No Future and Worlds without Babies; References;

About the author

Jonathan A. Allan is Canada Research Chair in Men and Masculinities and Professor in the Department of English, Drama, and Creative Writing at Brandon University, Canada. He is the author of Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance and Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus and a co-editor of Virgin Envy: The Cultural (In)Significance of the Hymen.

Summary

Drawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities studies cultural representations of male infertility.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan A. Allan, Jonathan A. (Brandon University Allan, Allan Jonathan A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032272016
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227201-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Masculinity, Sex and Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Gender studies, gender groups