Planning the family in Egypt : new bodies, new selves / / Kamran Asdar Ali
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| Autore: |
Ali Kamran Asdar <1961->
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| Titolo: |
Planning the family in Egypt : new bodies, new selves / / Kamran Asdar Ali
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| Pubblicazione: | Austin, Tx, : University of Texas Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.9/6/0962 |
| Soggetto topico: | Birth control - Egypt |
| Demographic transition - Egypt | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Planning the family in Egypt |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79818-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910969546503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Modern Middle East series (Austin, Tex.) ; ; no. 21.