Conceiving Masculinity : Male Infertility, Medicine, and Identity /

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In Conceiving Masculinity, Liberty Walther Barnes puts the world of male infertility under the microscope to examine how culturally pervasive notions of gender shape our understanding of disease, and how disease impacts our personal ideas about gender. Taking readers inside male infertility clinics,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barnes, Liberty Walther, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Masculinity in popular culture.
Infertility, Male > Psychological aspects.
Human reproduction > Political aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Men's Studies.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
Reproduction humaine > Aspect politique.
Masculinite dans la culture populaire.
Infertilite masculine > Aspect psychologique.
Infertility, Male > psychology
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Conceiving Masculinity, Liberty Walther Barnes puts the world of male infertility under the microscope to examine how culturally pervasive notions of gender shape our understanding of disease, and how disease impacts our personal ideas about gender. Taking readers inside male infertility clinics, and interviewing doctors and couples dealing with male infertility, Barnes provides a rich account of the social aspects of the confusing and frustrating diagnosis of infertility. She explains why men resist a stigmatizing label like ""infertile, "" and how men w.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (228 pages).
ISBN:9781439910436

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