{"product_id":"conceiving-masculinity-male-infertility-medicine-and-identity-hardback-9781439910412","title":"Conceiving Masculinity; Male Infertility, Medicine, and Identity (Hardback) 9781439910412","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConceiving Masculinity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMale Infertility, Medicine, and Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLiberty Walther Barnes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439910412\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.396 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eConceiving Masculinity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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 with poor fertility redefine for themselves what it means to be manly and masculine in a society that prizes male virility. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eConceiving Masculinity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e also details how and why men embrace medical technologies and treatment for infertility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Broaching a socially taboo topic, Barnes emphasizes that infertility is not just a women's issue. She shows how gender and disease are socially constructed within social institutions and by individuals. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 1   Mobilizing Gay Rights under Authoritarianism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 2   Legal Restrictions, Political Norms, and Being Gay in Singapore\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 3   Timorous Beginnings\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 4   Cyber Organizing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 5   Transition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 6   Coming Out\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 7   Mobilizing in the Open\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 8   Pragmatic Resistance, Law, and Social Movements\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Appendix A: Research Design and Methods\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Appendix B: Study Respondents: Singapore's Gay Activists\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Appendix C: Singapore's Gay Movement Organizations and Major Events\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Notes \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e References \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584908259608,"sku":"9781439910412","price":51.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/conceiving-masculinity-male-infertility-medicine-and-identity-hardback-9781439910412","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}