001479946 000__ 05611nam\a22008655i\4500 001479946 001__ 1479946 001479946 003__ DE-B1597 001479946 005__ 20231026035117.0 001479946 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479946 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479946 008__ 230918t20072007nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479946 020__ $$a9780814761144 001479946 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814761144.001.0001$$2doi 001479946 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)546963 001479946 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479946 0410_ $$aeng 001479946 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479946 050_4 $$aHQ1090$$b.M668 2007eb 001479946 072_7 $$aSOC032000$$2bisacsh 001479946 08204 $$a306.7081$$222 001479946 1001_ $$aMoore, Lisa Jean, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479946 24510 $$aSperm Counts :$$bOvercome by Man's Most Precious Fluid /$$cLisa Jean Moore. 001479946 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2007] 001479946 264_4 $$c©2007 001479946 300__ $$a1 online resource :$$b18 black and white illustrations 001479946 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479946 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479946 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479946 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479946 4900_ $$aIntersections ; ;$$v17 001479946 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tPreface: Sperm Autobiography -- $$t1. In the Beginning, There Was Sperm -- $$t2. Lashing Their Tails: Science Discovers Sperm -- $$t3. My Sperm in Shining Armor: Children's Books -- $$t4. Overcome: The Money Shot in Pornography and Prostitution -- $$t5. The Family Jewels: Sperm Banks and the Crisis of Fatherhood -- $$t6. The Little Bit Left Behind: Semen as Evidence -- $$t7. The Future of Sperm -- $$tMethods Appendix: Becoming a Sperm Researcher -- $$tNotes -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001479946 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479946 520__ $$a2007 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleWinner of the Passing the Torch Award from the Center for Lesbian and Gay StudiesIt 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 it will be used (in vitro fertilization vs. DNA analysis). Examining semen historically, medically, and culturally, Sperm Counts is a penetrating exploration of its meaning and power.Using a ";follow that sperm" approach, Moore shows how representations of sperm and semen are always in flux, tracing their twisting journeys from male reproductive glands to headline news stories and presidential impeachment trials. Much like the fluid of semen itself can leak onto fabrics and into bodies, its meanings seep into our consciousness over time. Moore's analytic lens yields intriguing observations of how sperm is "spent" and "reabsorbed" as it spurts, swims, and careens through penises, vaginas, test tubes, labs, families, cultures, and politics.Drawn from fifteen years of research, Sperm Counts examines historical and scientific documents, children's "facts of life" books, pornography, the Internet, forensic transcripts and sex worker narratives to explain how semen got so complicated. Among other things, understanding how we produce, represent, deploy and institutionalize semen-biomedically, socially and culturally-provides valuable new perspectives on the changing social position of men and the evolving meanings of masculinity. Ultimately, as Moore reveals, sperm is intimately involved in not only the physical reproduction of males and females, but in how we come to understand ourselves as men and women. 001479946 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479946 546__ $$aIn English. 001479946 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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