Islam, Development, and Urban Women's Reproductive Practices

Cortney (George Mason University, USA) Hughes Rinker

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013

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This ethnography examines the relationship between development policies, women’s reproductive practices, and understandings of Islam in Morocco. It shows how female patients at reproductive health clinics appropriate medical practices aimed at crafting modern citizens to create new religious identities, novel ideas of motherhood, and neoliberal citizenship based on Islamic beliefs.

ISBN-13
9780415818872
ISBN-10
0415818877
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year
2013
Publication date
2013-03-04
Pages
196
Dimensions
233x162x17
Weight
428