Gender and the making of modern medicine in colonial Egypt /
Gender and the Making of Modern Medicine in Colonial Egypt investigates the use of medicine as a 'tool of Empire' to serve the state building processes in Egypt by the British colonial administration, which effectively transformed Egyptian medical practice and medical knowledge in ways tha...
| Основен автор: | Abugideiri, Hibba. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
℗♭2010.
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| Серия: |
Empires and the making of the modern world, 1650-2000.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=389863 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Gender and the making of modern medicine in colonial Egypt. |
| Резюме: |
Gender and the Making of Modern Medicine in Colonial Egypt investigates the use of medicine as a 'tool of Empire' to serve the state building processes in Egypt by the British colonial administration, which effectively transformed Egyptian medical practice and medical knowledge in ways that were decidedly gendered. The book shows how the introduction of colonial medical practices ultimately gendered Egyptian medicine in ways that privileged Egyptian men and masculinity, whilst relegating Egyptian women to maternal roles in the domicile. Thus, by interrogating how colonial medicinal was constit. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 268 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781409406211 1409406210 |