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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lisa Jean MoorePublisher: New York University Press Imprint: New York University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780814795620ISBN 10: 0814795625 Pages: 214 Publication Date: 01 October 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface: Sperm Autobiography1 In the Beginning, There Was Sperm 2 Lashing Their Tails: Science Discovers Sperm 3 My Sperm in Shining Armor: Children's Books 4 Overcome: The Money Shot in Pornography and Prostitution 5 The Family Jewels: Sperm Banks and the Crisis of Fatherhood 6 The Little Bit Left Behind: Semen as Evidence 7 The Future of Sperm Methods Appendix: Becoming a Sperm Researcher Notes Index About the AuthorReviews"""At her best, Moore has a frank, breezy manner that may be partly due to her practical experience outside academe... Sperm Counts is a lively, funny read."" - Camille Paglia in The Chronicle Review ""Careful to include the history of semen research, as well as examining its role today ... [Moore] approach[es] the topic of semen with precision and diligence."" Bitch ""A feminist account backed by sociological and scientific research... Accessible to the masses."" Bust" At her best, Moore has a frank, breezy manner that may be partly due to her practical experience outside academe... Sperm Counts is a lively, funny read. - Camille Paglia in The Chronicle Review Careful to include the history of semen research, as well as examining its role today ... [Moore] approach[es] the topic of semen with precision and diligence. Bitch A feminist account backed by sociological and scientific research... Accessible to the masses. Bust Author InformationLisa Jean Moore is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. She is the author of Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man’s Most Precious Fluid, Catch & Release: The Enduring Yet Vulnerable Horseshoe Crab, Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification and the Will to Change Nature as well as the co-author of Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility and Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee. She is also co-editor of The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |