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Informationen zum Autor Elise G. Young is a Middle East historian and Professor in the History Department at Westfield State University. She has conducted research in Palestine! Israel! and Jordan! and has written extensively on women and modern nation-state building in those regions. She is the author of Keepers of the History: Women and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict! an innovative feminist historiography of the war over Palestine. Making a powerful case for an alternative historiography of the region, this book will be invaluable for all those interested in Middle East history and politics, nationalism, gender, public health and refugees. Zusammenfassung Making a powerful case for an alternative historiography of the region, this book will be invaluable for all those interested in Middle East history and politics, nationalism, gender, public health and refugees. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE1. INTRODUCTION Approach and Methodology: ‘Knowledge’ in the Era of the Modern Nation-state Feminist Epistemology and Modernization Theory: Transmission of Knowledges Epistemology and Oral History Methodology Feminist Theory and Middle East Studies State of the Field: Research on Jordan Chapter Outline 2. IMPERIALISM AND HEALTH: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MALARIA ERADICATION CAMPAIGNS IN PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN, 1919-1939 An Imperial Pursuit: Malaria Eradication and Land Reclamation Race, Gender, Class Politics of Malaria Eradication The Political Economy of Health and Rehabilitation Mighty Reactions and Anti-Malaria Measures: A Testing Ground Long Term Effects Conclusion 3. BETWEEN DAYA AND DOCTOR: A FORMIDABLE ABYSS? Dangerous Hags and Sanitized Hovels: Midwifery and Modernity Reorganization/Regulation/Specialization A Formidable Journey: Midwives in Refugee Camps in Jordan Conclusion 4. THE CAMP OF RETURN: HEALTH AND PALESTINIAN WOMEN REFUGEES IN JORDAN Refugee or Freedom Fighter? Identity Politics and Health in Exile The Political Economy of Refugee Health Women Talk About Health: Al-Ghurbah, The Disaster From Jabal al-Hussein Camp to the Ministry: Poverty/Reproductive Health/Resistance ConclusionAFTERWORD BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX...
