{"product_id":"reconceiving-the-second-sex-men-masculinity-and-reproduction-9781845454739","title":"Reconceiving the Second Sex: Men, Masculinity,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tExtensive social science research, particularly by anthropologists, has explored women’s reproductive lives, their use of reproductive technologies, and their experiences as mothers and nurturers of children. Meanwhile, few if any volumes have explored men’s reproductive concerns or contributions to women’s reproductive health: Men are clearly viewed as the “second sex” in reproduction. This volume argues that the marginalization of men is an oversight of considerable proportions. It sheds new light on male reproduction from a cross-cultural, global perspective, focusing not only upon men in Europe and America but also those in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Both heterosexual and homosexual, married and unmarried men are featured in this volume, which assesses concerns ranging from masculinity and sexuality to childbirth and fatherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e2010 MOST NOTABLE RECENT COLLECTION PRIZE. AWARDED BY THE COUNCIL ON ANTHROPOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“These researchers hail from four continents, thus providing a cross-cultural perspective as they give voice to men's experiences in the process of reproduction. The contributors use a variety of methodological approaches, including content analysis, participant observation, in-depth interviewing, reproductive history intakes, and survey questionnaires. The result is a comprehensive, engaging volume that will certainly trigger additional interest and research in this heretofore ignored aspect of men's lives. Highly recommended.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall, there is a well-balanced mix of ethnography and theory that engages the reader throughout the volume…[The book] is successful in challenging assumptions and stereotypes surrounding men’s involvement in reproduction and demonstrating that the topic of men and reproduction has been neglected by social scientific study thus far…[and] represents an important initial text on a subject deserving of further attention in the social sciences.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The Journal of Biosocial Science\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The chapters in this volume demonstrate the vast variety of ways men across the globe intersect with reproduction… In the Introduction, the editors highlighted the absence of men’s reproductive lives from social science research. In this volume they do much to bring men back in to the reproductive spotlight.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eldquo;Whilst anthropologists acknowledge men’s sexuality, we tend to view men as disengaged from reproduction, and to see their power as lying elsewhere in social life. This  exceptionally well edited collection of fourteen stimulating essays attempts to redress this imbalance, by analyzing men’s complex, varied, and ever-changing reproductive lives…the collection offers an excellent starting-point for a potentially rewarding intellectual endeavour.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book is logically structured, clearly organised and well presented. The breadth and depth of insight provided ensures that it covers all key areas of debates in relation to infertility, reproduction and the links to men and masculinities. In addition, the range of geographical regions that the studies are drawn from ensures that nuanced consideration is given to how localised cultural discourses intersect with gendered conceptualisations of reproductive techniques in a global context.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sociology of Health and Illness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…an overdue first step in recognizing that men’s role in contemporary human reproduction – from their gametes to their psyches – has been a neglected realm of scientific and scholarly pursuit.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Robert D. Nachtigall\u003c\/strong\u003e, M.D., Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Missing Gamete? Ten Common Mistakes or Lies about Men’s Sexual Destiny\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMatthew C. Gutmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Killer Sperm: Masculinity and the Essence of Male Hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLisa Jean Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Gender, Masculinity, and Reproduction: Anthropological Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMatthew R. Dudgeon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarcia C. Inhorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Men's Influences on Women's Reproductive Health: Medical Anthropological Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMatthew R. Dudgeon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarcia C. Inhorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Manhood and Meaning in the Marketing of the “Male Pill”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLaury Oaks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Reproductive Paradoxes in Vietnam: Masculinity, Contraception, and Abortion in Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNguyen Thi Thuy Hanh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Reproductive Politics in Southwest China: Deconstructing a Minority Male-dominated Perspective on Reproduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eYen Fang Tzu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The Sex in the Sperm: Male Infertility and its Challenges to Masculinity in an Israeli-Jewish Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHelene Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e “It’s a bit unmanly in a way”: Men and Infertility in Denmark\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eTine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Male Genital Cutting: Masculinity, Reproduction, and Male Infertility Surgeries in Egypt and Lebanon\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarcia C. Inhorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e \"We are pregnant\": Israeli Men and the Paradoxes of Sharing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eTsipy Ivry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Making Room for Daddy: Men’s \"Belly Talk\" in the Contemporary United States\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSallie Han\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e Husband-assisted Birth among the Rarámuri of Northern Mexico\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJanneli F. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e Stories of Fatherhood: Kinship in the Making\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMaruska la Cour Mosegaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042976760151,"sku":"9781845454739","price":25.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845454739.jpg?v=1750956483","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reconceiving-the-second-sex-men-masculinity-and-reproduction-9781845454739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}