What Makes Women Sick?

Maternity, Modesty, and Militarism in Israeli Society

Susan Starr Sered (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

194 Seiten

2000
Brandeis University Press (Verlag)
978-1-58465-024-9 (ISBN)

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An eye-opening look at Israeli women's life expectancy and health.

Scrutinizing the Israeli military, medical, and religious establishments, Susan Sered discloses the myths, policies, and pressures that encumber and endanger Israeli women in their roles as soldiers, brides, and mothers. Framed by the question of why the life expectancy and health status of Israeli women is poor in comparison to women in other developed countries, What Makes Women Sick? conjoins medical anthropology, gender studies, and women's health to show how female bodies in Israel are controlled through public policy, symbolic discourses, and ritual performances. Looking at issues such as disputes over women serving in combat, the rape of a former Miss Israel, and government incentives for bearing children, Sered develops a passionate ethnography of Israeli society that resonates universal truths about women, power, and authority.

SUSAN SERED is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar-Ilan University. Her latest books are Women of the Sacred Groves (1999) and Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister (1994).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.8.2000
Reihe/Serie	HBI Series on Jewish Women
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Medizin / Pharmazie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-58465-024-9 / 1584650249
ISBN-13	978-1-58465-024-9 / 9781584650249
Zustand	Neuware