Being a sperm donor : masculinity, sexuality, and biosociality in Denmark
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Being a sperm donor : masculinity, sexuality, and biosociality in Denmark
（Fertility, reproduction and sexuality, v. 40）
Berghahn Books, 2018
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Being a Sperm Donor
Chapter 1. Becoming a Sperm Donor: Conceptual Pathways
Chapter 2. Regimes of Living: Donating Semen and the Pleasure of Morality
Chapter 3. Affective Investments: Masturbation and the Pleasure of Control
Chapter 4. Biosocial Relatedness: Being Connected and the Pleasure of Responsibility
Chapter 5. The Limits of Biosocial Subjectivation: Male Shame and the Displeasure of Gender Normativity
Conclusion: Biosocial Subjectivation Reconsidered
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