Birthing the nation : strategies of Palestinian women in Israel / / Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh ; with a foreword by Hanan Ashrawi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826112903321
• Autore: Kanaaneh Rhoda Ann
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-282-75895-0; 9786612758959; 0-520-92727-3; 1-59734-500-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: California series in public anthropology ; ; 2
• Disciplina: 363.9/6/095694
• Soggetti: Birth control - Israel; Contraception - Israel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Placing -- 1. Babies And Boundaries -- 2. Luxurious Necessities -- 3. Fertile Differences -- 4. Modernizing The Body -- 5. Son Preference -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this rich, evocative study, Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh examines the changing notions of sexuality, family, and reproduction among Palestinians living in Israel. Distinguishing itself amid the media maelstrom that has homogenized Palestinians as "terrorists," this important new work offers a complex, nuanced, and humanized depiction of a group rendered invisible despite its substantial size, now accounting for nearly twenty percent of Israel's population. Groundbreaking and thought-provoking, Birthing the Nation contextualizes the politics of reproduction within contemporary issues affecting Palestinians, and places these issues against the backdrop of a dominant Israeli society.