Author : Matthew C. Gutmann
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520941233
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Fixing Men by : Matthew C. Gutmann
Download or read book Fixing Men written by Matthew C. Gutmann and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but in Fixing Men, Matthew Gutmann illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. Based on extensive fieldwork, this breakthrough study by a preeminent anthropologist of men and masculinities reveals how these men and the women in their lives make decisions about birth control, how they cope with the plague of AIDS, and the contradictory healing techniques biomedical and indigenous medical practitioners employ for infertility, impotence, and infidelity. Gutmann talks with men during and after their vasectomies and discovers why some opt for sterilization while so many others feel "planned out of family planning."