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Drawing upon original in-depth interviews with women in Niamey, Niger,
Yearning and Refusal unveils the hidden issue of failed fertility in Niger and the ways in which women continue to strive for reproductive control in a country at the heart of the population growth debate.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Editors' Introduction
- Barbara M. Cooper and Alice J. Kang
- Preface for the English Translation
- Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
- Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. The Problem of Infertility
- 1. The Infertile Body
- 2. Managing Infertility
- 3. Varieties of Infertility
- 4. The Emotional Weight of Childlessness
- Part II. Tensions in the Clinic
- 5. Confronting the Biomedical Sphere
- Part III. Knowing and Negotiating Contraception
- 6. Contraception Outside of the Clinic
- 7. Negotiating Biomedical Contraception
- 8. The Realities of Abortion
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Hadiza Moussa was an assistant professor of anthropology and sociology at Abdou Moumouni University. She received her PhD in Anthropology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in 2008. Her book was published in 2012 in French as Entre absence et refus d'enfant: Socio-anthropologie de la gestion de la fécondité féminine à Niamey, Niger (L'Harmattan/La Sahélienne). As a member of the Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherches sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local (LASDEL), Hadiza Moussa researched public health delivery, sexual health, decentralization and development, and women, power, and local politics. She passed away in 2013.
Alice J. Kang is an associate professor of political science and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and scholar of women, gender, and politics in Africa.
Barbara M. Cooper is a professor of African history and gender at Rutgers University; her research focuses on the former French colonies of the
Sahel, particularly Niger.
Natalie Kammerer is a French-English translator with a Masters in French Literature from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan is an emeritus professor of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and a professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Abdou Moumouni University.
Zusammenfassung
Drawing upon original in-depth interviews with women in Niamey, Niger, Yearning and Refusal unveils the hidden issue of failed fertility in Niger and the ways in which women continue to strive for reproductive control in a country at the heart of the population growth debate.
Zusatztext
The thorough treatment of the subject matter with sound methodology and the author's honest self-reflection make this book an interesting and useful resource for students, scholars, and healthcare providers. This English-translated, updated version is a justified addition to the literature.
