Gender and nation building in the Middle East : the political economy of health from Mandate Palestine to refugee camps in Jordan /: the political economy of health from Mandate Palestine to refugee camps in Jordan. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elise G. Young.
• Other Names: Young, Elise G
• Contents: PREFACE1. INTRODUCTION Approach and Methodology: 'Knowledge' in the Era of the Modern Nation-state Feminist Epistemology and Modernization Theory: Transmission of Knowledges Epistemology and Oral History Methodology Feminist Theory and Middle East Studies State of the Field: Research on Jordan Chapter Outline 2. IMPERIALISM AND HEALTH: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MALARIA ERADICATION CAMPAIGNS IN PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN, 1919-1939 An Imperial Pursuit: Malaria Eradication and Land Reclamation Race, Gender, Class Politics of Malaria Eradication The Political Economy of Health and Rehabilitation Mighty Reactions and Anti-Malaria Measures: A Testing Ground Long Term Effects Conclusion 3. BETWEEN DAYA AND DOCTOR: A FORMIDABLE ABYSS? Dangerous Hags and Sanitized Hovels: Midwifery and Modernity Reorganization/Regulation/Specialization A Formidable Journey: Midwives in Refugee Camps in Jordan Conclusion 4. THE CAMP OF RETURN: HEALTH AND PALESTINIAN WOMEN REFUGEES IN JORDAN Refugee or Freedom Fighter? Identity Politics and Health in Exile The Political Economy of Refugee Health Women Talk About Health: Al-Ghurbah, The Disaster From Jabal al-Hussein Camp to the Ministry: Poverty/Reproductive Health/Resistance ConclusionAFTERWORD BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX.
• Publisher Details: New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 189 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 362.10820956; Nation-building -- Middle East; Medical care -- Political aspects -- Middle East; Women, Palestinian Arab -- Medical care; Medical policy -- Middle East; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery; MEDICAL -- Health Policy; MEDICAL -- Public Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues; Medical care -- Political aspects; Medical policy; Nation-building; Delivery of Health Care -- history; Health Policy -- history; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Politics; Women's Health -- history; Palestine -- History -- 1929-1948; Middle East; Middle East -- Palestine; Jordan; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857720788; 0857720783
• Related ISBNs: 9781848854819; 1848854811
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-185) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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