| #1931455 in Books | 2017-04-24 | 2017-04-24 | Original language:English | 9.00 x.60 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 256 pages|||
“The genius of ethnography often involves finding a practice or idea the examination of which conjures up unexpected larger insights. Hannig finds just this kind of topic in fistula repair surgery in northern Ethiopia—both for the cultural wor
Over the past few decades, maternal childbirth injuries have become a potent symbol of Western biomedical intervention in Africa, affecting over one million women across the global south. Western-funded hospitals have sprung up, offering surgical sutures that ostensibly allow women who suffer from obstetric fistula to return to their communities in full health. Journalists, NGO staff, celebrities, and some physicians have crafted a stock narrative around this injury...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Beyond Surgery: Injury, Healing, and Religion at an Ethiopian Hospital | Anita Hannig. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
