Health and identity in Egypt /
Health and identity in Egypt /
edited by Hania Sholkamy and Farha Ghannam.
- Cairo ; New York, NY : American University in Cairo Press, 2004.
- ix, 129 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
A discourse of resistance : spirit possession among women in low-income Cairo / Heba El-Kholy -- Quest for beauty : globalization, identity, and the production of gendered bodies in low-income Cairo / Farha Ghannam -- Fi nas wi fi nas : class culture and illness practice in Egypt / Montasser M. Kamal -- Mushahra : the justice and injustice of infertility ; Conclusion : the medical cultures of Egypt / Hania Sholkamy.
9774248333
2005357446
Beauty, Personal.
Health.
Social medicine--Egypt.
Attitude to Health--ethnology--Egypt.
Health Behavior--ethnology--Egypt.
Self Concept--Egypt.
Social Environment--Egypt.
Social Identification--Egypt.
RA418.3.E3 / H43 2004
362.10962
Includes bibliographical references.
A discourse of resistance : spirit possession among women in low-income Cairo / Heba El-Kholy -- Quest for beauty : globalization, identity, and the production of gendered bodies in low-income Cairo / Farha Ghannam -- Fi nas wi fi nas : class culture and illness practice in Egypt / Montasser M. Kamal -- Mushahra : the justice and injustice of infertility ; Conclusion : the medical cultures of Egypt / Hania Sholkamy.
9774248333
2005357446
Beauty, Personal.
Health.
Social medicine--Egypt.
Attitude to Health--ethnology--Egypt.
Health Behavior--ethnology--Egypt.
Self Concept--Egypt.
Social Environment--Egypt.
Social Identification--Egypt.
RA418.3.E3 / H43 2004
362.10962