Women, health and the state in the Middle East : the politics and culture of childbirth in Jordan / Irene Maffi.
2013
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Title
Women, health and the state in the Middle East : the politics and culture of childbirth in Jordan / Irene Maffi.
Author
Maffi, Irene, author.
ISBN
9781848857575
1848857578
1848857578
Imprint
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xv, 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Call Number
RG525 .M34 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1984095695
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page [255]-272) and index.
Series
Library of modern Middle East studies ; 113.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Medicine, women and procreation in Jordan (1920-2008)
3. Dayas, pioneers, and technocratic midwives
4. From the obstetricians' point of view
5. Becoming mothers: ethnography of an intimate experience
6. Conclusion.
2. Medicine, women and procreation in Jordan (1920-2008)
3. Dayas, pioneers, and technocratic midwives
4. From the obstetricians' point of view
5. Becoming mothers: ethnography of an intimate experience
6. Conclusion.