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.
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"An extremely impressive book. It not only contributes to our theoretical understanding of the interaction of class, patriarchy, culture, and reproduction but it has important policy implications for improving the lives of infertile Egyptian women. As research on gender in the Middle East proliferates, this work is a symbol of the wisdom of disaggregating our understanding of 'women.'"—International Journal of Middle East Studies
"By exploring the consequences of childlessness, Inhorn offers important insights for demographers and others interested in understanding the desire for and meaning of children."—Studies in Family Planning
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Money and children, the divinely extolled allurements of worldly life, are seemingly beyond reach for thousands of Egyptian women-the former by virtue of urban poverty and the latter by virtue of infertility, the inability to conceive a child. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one infertile woman, poor urban infertile women, conjugal connectivity, poor infertile women, many poor urban women, marital praxis, connective claims, missing motherhood, polygynous remarriage, reproductive failing, patriarchal connectivity, most infertile women, infertile marriages, natal family members, many infertile women, classic patriarchy, corporatist position, infertile daughters, infertile wives, infertile wife, surrounding infertility, infertile husband, therapeutic quest, population policymakers, infertile ones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Money and children, the divinely extolled allurements of worldly life, are seemingly beyond reach for thousands of Egyptian women-the former by virtue of urban poverty and the latter by virtue of infertility, the inability to conceive a child. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one infertile woman, poor urban infertile women, conjugal connectivity, poor infertile women, many poor urban women, marital praxis, connective claims, missing motherhood, polygynous remarriage, reproductive failing, patriarchal connectivity, most infertile women, infertile marriages, natal family members, many infertile women, classic patriarchy, corporatist position, infertile daughters, infertile wives, infertile wife, surrounding infertility, infertile husband, therapeutic quest, population policymakers, infertile ones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Eastern, Shatby Hospital, Marcia Inhorn, Prophet Muhammad, Coptic Christian, United States, Abdel Kader, Egyptian Muslim, Mia Fuller New!
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- Women in the Muslim World by Lois Beck on 5 pages
- The Contemporary Study of the Arab World by Provost Earl L. Sullivan on 4 pages
- Family in Contemporary Egypt by Andrea B. Rugh on 4 pages
- Women and the Family in the Middle East: New Voices of Change by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea on 4 pages
- Arab Women: Old Boundaries, New Frontiers (Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies) by Judith E. Tucker in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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