Birthing the nation : strategies of Palestinian women in Israel

Summary: Annotation In this rich, evocative study, Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh examines the changing notions of sexuality, family, and reproduction among Palestinians living in Israel. Distinguishing itself amid the media maelstrom that has homogenized Palestinians as "terrorists," this important new work offers a complex, nuanced, and humanized depiction of a group rendered invisible despite its substantial size, now accounting for nearly twenty percent of Israel's population. Groundbreaking and thought-provoking, Birthing the Nationcontextualizes the politics of reproduction within contemporary issues affecting Palestinians, and places these issues against the backdrop of a dominant Israeli society.

Record details

ISBN: 9781597345002
ISBN: 1597345008
ISBN: 6612758953
ISBN: 9786612758959
ISBN: 9781282758957
ISBN: 1282758950
ISBN: 9780520229440
ISBN: 0520229444
ISBN: 9780520223790
ISBN: 0520223799
ISBN: 9780585441252
ISBN: 0585441251
ISBN: 0520927273
ISBN: 9780520927278
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Babies and boundaries -- Luxurious necessities -- Fertile differences -- Modernizing the body -- Son preference.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.