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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822854203321
• Autore: Moore Lisa Jean <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-8147-5988-2; 0-8147-6114-3; 1-4356-0735-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Collana: Intersections
• Disciplina: 306.7081
• Soggetti: Masculinity - Social aspects; Spermatozoa; Semen
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-185) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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