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. Family planning programs are a training ground for the construction of self-disciplined individuals, and thus a rewarding area of study for the fate of social programs in developing countries.
Through a careful examination of state-endorsed family planning practices in urban and rural...
In this ethnographic study, the author examines the policies and practices of family planning programs in Egypt to see how an elitist, Western-info...
Takes up the question of marginality in contemporary urban cartographies in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. This book explores the complex processes through which citizens produce and negotiate these marginalized landscapes and in turn are informed by them.
Takes up the question of marginality in contemporary urban cartographies in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. This book explores the complex pr...
The essays in this book critically examine the ways in which gendered subjects negotiate their life-worlds in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African urban landscapes. They raise issues surrounding the city as a representative site of personal autonomy and political possibilities for women and/or men.
The essays in this book critically examine the ways in which gendered subjects negotiate their life-worlds in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African...
