Reconceiving the Second Sex: Men, Masculinity, and Reproduction (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives, 12) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845454731 ISBN 13: 9781845454739

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2009

Synopsis

Extensive 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.

About this title

Book Description:

Men are viewed as the “second sex” in reproduction. This volume sheds new light on male reproduction from a cross-cultural, global perspective, both heterosexual and homosexual, married and unmarried, assessing concerns ranging from masculinity and sexuality to childbirth and fatherhood.

About the Author:

Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen is a Social Anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. She has done extensive research into infertility, reproductive technologies and kinship in Denmark. In 1998 she received a prize for the work relating to her PhD thesis, Stories of Coming into Being: Childlessness, Procreative Technologies and Kinship in Denmark.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845454731
• ISBN 13: 9781845454739
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 402
• Editor: Inhorn Marcia C., Mosegaard Maruska La Cour, Tjørnhøj-Thomsen Tine, Goldberg Helene