Infertility and Patriarchy

The Cultural Politics of Gender and Family Life in Egypt

• Author(s): Marcia C. Inhorn,
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_13: 9780812214246
  ISBN_10: 0812214242
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Health & Fitness / Fertility & Infertility , History / Middle East / Egypt , Medical / Reproductive Medicine & Technology , Psychology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Physical , Social Science / Demography , Social Science / Men's Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Women's Studies , Social Science / Gender Studies ,

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Infertility and Patriarchy explores the lives of infertile women whose personal stories depict their daily struggles to resist disempowerment and stigmatization. Marcia C. Inhorn has produced a unique study of gender, politics, and family life in contemporary Egypt.