Sperm counts : overcome by man's most precious fluid / Lisa Jean Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Lisa Jean, 1967-

Series:

Intersections: Transdisciplinary Persprectives on Genders and Sexualities Series

Intersections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--Social aspects.

Masculinity.

Spermatozoa.

Semen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Winner of the Passing the Torch Award from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. It has been called sperm, semen, seed, cum, jizz, spunk, gentlemen's relish, and splooge. But however the "tacky, opaque liquid that comes out of the penis" is described, the very act of defining "sperm" and "semen" depends on your point of view. For Lisa Jean Moore, how sperm comes to be known is based on who defines it (a scientist vs. a defense witness, for example), under what social circumstances it is found (a doctor's office vs. a crime scene), and for what purposes

Contents:

In the beginning, there was sperm

Lashing their tails : science discovers sperm

My sperm in shining armor : children's books

Overcome : the money shot in pornography and prostitution

The family jewels : sperm banks and the crisis of fatherhood

The little bit left behind : semen as evidence

The future of sperm.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780814759882

0814759882

9780814761144

0814761143

9781435607354

143560735X

OCLC:

779828216