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.

Sommario

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;

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonathan A. Allan, Jonathan A. (Brandon University Allan, Allan Jonathan A.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032272016
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227201-6
• Pagine: 168
• Serie: Masculinity, Sex and Popular Culture
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Gender studies, gender groups