Being a sperm donor: masculinity, sexuality, and biosociality in Denmark

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 o...

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Main Author: Mohr, Sebastian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2018]
Series:Fertility, reproduction and sexuality Volume 40
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary: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 negotiations of gender, sexuality, intimacy, and relatedness, showing how the socio-cultural and political dimensions of (reproductive) biomedicine become intertwined with men's intimate sense of self
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 185 Seiten)
ISBN:9781785339479
DOI:10.1515/9781785339479

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