Being a Sperm Donor

Masculinity, Sexuality, and Biosociality in Denmark

AvSebastian Mohr

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del 40 i serien Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

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Beskrivning

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 related negotiations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy, showing how socio-cultural and political dimensions become intertwined with men's intimate sense of self.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:448 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN:9781785339462

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Människans biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Sebastian Mohr is Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. He works on the ethnography of gender, sexuality, and intimacy in the fields of (reproductive) biomedicine, the military and militarization, and technology. He is co-convenor of the EASA European Network for Queer Anthropology, board member of the Sexuality Research Network of the European Sociological Association, and member of the editorial board of Women, Gender & Research.

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"Mohr is to be commended on having carried out an ethnographic study that is thorough and sensitive. Not only that, the work shows considerable theoretical ambition in its analysis of biomedical subjectivation at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and assisted reproductive technologies... informed by a comprehensive grasp of kinship, feminist and queer theories." - Bob Simpson, University of Durham

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Being a Sperm DonorChapter 1. Becoming a Sperm Donor: Conceptual PathwaysChapter 2. Regimes of Living: Donating Semen and the Pleasure of MoralityChapter 3. Affective Investments: Masturbation and the Pleasure of ControlChapter 4. Biosocial Relatedness: Being Connected and the Pleasure of ResponsibilityChapter 5. The Limits of Biosocial Subjectivation: Male Shame and the Displeasure of Gender NormativityConclusion: Biosocial Subjectivation ReconsideredBibliography