Quest for Conception

Quest for Conception
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 476
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ISBN-10 : 0812215281
ISBN-13 : 9780812215281
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Quest for Conception by : Marcia C. Inhorn

Download or read book Quest for Conception written by Marcia C. Inhorn and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1994-08 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Quest for Conception, Marcia C. Inhorn portrays the poignant struggles of poor, urban Egyptian women and their attempts to overcome infertility. The author draws upon fifteen months of fieldwork in urban Egypt to present moving stories of infertile Muslim women whose tumultuous medical pilgrimages have yet to produce the desired pregnancies. Inhorn examines the devastating impact of infertility on the lives of these women, who are threatened with divorce by their husbands, harassed by their husbands' families, and ostracized by neighbors.


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