Description
After the revolution of 2011, the electoral victory of the Islamist party 'Ennahdha' allowed previously silenced religious and conservative ideas about women's right to abortion to be expressed. This also allowed healthcare providers in the public sector to refuse abortion and contraceptive care. This book explores the changes and continuity in the local discourses and practices related to the body, sexuality, reproduction and gender relationships. It also investigates how the bureaucratic apparatus of government healthcare facilities affects the complex moral world of clinicians and patients.
Author: Irene Maffi
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 05/01/2020
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9781789206906
ISBN10: 1789206901
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Abortion & Birth Control
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Medical | Surgery | Reproductive & Urological
About the Author
Irene Maffi is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, and Associated Researcher at Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen. She is the author of Women, Health and the State in the Middle East (2012, I.B.Tauris) and co-editor of Reinventing Love? Gender, Intimacy and Romance in the Arab World (2018, Peter Lang).