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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969546503321

Autore

Ali Kamran Asdar <1961->

Titolo

Planning the family in Egypt : new bodies, new selves / / Kamran Asdar Ali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Tx, : University of Texas Press, c2002

ISBN

0-292-79818-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Modern Middle East series ; ; no. 21

Disciplina

363.9/6/0962

Soggetti

Birth control - Egypt

Demographic transition - Egypt

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

History of family planning -- Changing behavior -- Spatial context -- Women's bodies -- Women's choices -- Men and family planning -- Constructing new selves -- Islamist futures -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In this ethnographic study, the author examines the policies and practices of family planning programs in Egypt to see how an elitist, Western-informed state attempts to create obliging citizens.The state sees voluntary compliance with the law for the common good as the cornerstone of modernity.