1st Edition

Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities

By Jonathan A. Allan Copyright 2022
176 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities analyses cultural representations of male infertility. Going beyond the biomedical and sociological towards interdisciplinary cultural studies, this book studies depictions of men’s infertility. It includes fictional representations alongside memoirs, newspaper articles,... Read more

Introduction: Storytelling and Infertility; 1. Reading Infertility in Lady Chatterley’s Lover; 2. "This Unspeakable Idea": Infertility in LaVyrle Spencer’s Blockbuster Romance The Fulfillment; 3. Ejaculation and the Heavy Load of Masculinity; 4. "I have no good sperm": Infertility in The Trouble with Joe by Emilie Richards; 5. Trying and Failing: Men’s Memoirs of Infertility; 6. The Money Shot Transformed: Masculinity, Ejaculation, and the Clinic; 7. Infertility and Missing Out in Not Suitable for Children*; 8. No Future and Worlds without Babies; References; 

Biography

Jonathan A. Allan is Canada Research Chair in Men and Masculinities and Professor in the Department of English, Drama, and Creative Writing at Brandon University, Canada. He is the author of Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance and Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus and a co-editor of Virgin Envy: The Cultural (In)Significance of the Hymen.