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Planning the family in Egypt : new bodies, new selves / Kamran Asdar Ali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali, Kamran Asdar, 1961-
- Series:
- Modern Middle East series (Austin, Tex.) ; no. 21.
- Modern Middle East series ; no. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birth control--Egypt.
- Birth control.
- Demographic transition--Egypt.
- Demographic transition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, Tx : University of Texas Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- History of family planning
- Changing behavior
- Spatial context
- Women's bodies
- Women's choices
- Men and family planning
- Constructing new selves
- Islamist futures
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199-221) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-79818-0
- OCLC:
- 568017999
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