GUYnecology

The Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Health

AvRene Almeling

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

What is healthy sperm or the male biological clock? This book details why we don't talk about men's reproductive health and how this lack shapes reproductive politics today. For more than a century, the medical profession has made enormous efforts to understand and treat women’s reproductive bodies. But only recently have researchers begun to ask basic questions about how men’s health matters for reproductive outcomes, from miscarriage to childhood illness. What explains this gap in knowledge, and what are its consequences?Rene Almeling examines the production, circulation, and reception of biomedical knowledge about men’s reproductive health. From a failed nineteenth-century effort to launch a medical specialty called andrology to the contemporary science of paternal effects, there has been a lack of attention to the importance of men’s age, health, and exposures. Analyzing historical documents, media messages, and qualitative interviews, GUYnecology demonstrates how this non-knowledge shapes reproductive politics today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520289253

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Rene Almeling is Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University and the author of Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm.

Recensioner i media

"GUYnecology is methodologically rich, including analysis of historical documents, investigating how scientific knowledge is (or is not) disseminated and engaged by the media, and presenting Almeling's qualitative interviews about subjects' impressions of men’s reproductive health. Together with her previous work (Sex Cells) on the gendered rhetoric used in the reproductive industry, GUYnecology offers the sociologist a robust understanding of the gendered cultural discourses that inform people’s approaches to reproductive health. . . . Highly recommended."

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction Part I Medical Specialization and the Making of Biomedical Knowledge1. Whither GUYnecology?2. Andrology AgainPart II Circulating Knowledge about Men’s Reproductive Health3. Making Knowledge about Paternal Effects (with Jenna Healey)4. Reproductive Health for Half the PublicPart III Men’s Views of Reproduction5. Sex, Sperm, and Fatherhood6. Healthy Sperm? Conclusion: The Politics of Men’s Reproductive Health Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: IntervieweesNotesBibliography