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Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility and Egyptian Medical Traditions
Marcia C. Inhorn
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Description for Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility and Egyptian Medical Traditions
Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHBD; MFKC; MJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
In Quest for Conception, Marcia C. Inhorn portrays the poignant struggles of poor, urban Egyptian women and their attempts to overcome infertility. The author draws upon fifteen months of fieldwork in urban Egypt to present moving stories of infertile Muslim women whose tumultuous medical pilgrimages have yet to produce the desired pregnancies. Inhorn examines the devastating impact of infertility on the lives of these women, who are threatened with divorce by their husbands, harassed by their husbands' families, and ostracized by neighbors.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812215281
SKU
V9780812215281
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Reviews for Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility and Egyptian Medical Traditions
"A remarkable synthesis of ethnography about infertile Egyptian women's attempts to have children, history of the development of Egyptian medical ideas and practices from ancient times, and contemporary political and economic analysis."—Lingua Franca "Inhorn invokes in her vivid description of her informants' dilemmas and convincing analysis of their explanations of their infertility a combination of variables; gender issues are interwoven ... Read more