Fistula Politics Birthing Injuries and the Quest for Continence in Niger |
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| Author:
| Heller, Alison |
| Series title: | Medical Anthropology: Health, Inequality, and Social Justice Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9788-0036-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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In Western humanitarian and media narratives, obstetric fistula is presented as deeply stigmatizing, resulting in divorce, abandonment by kin, exile from communities, depression and suicide. Heller illustrates the inaccuracy of these popular narratives and shows how they serve the interests not of the women so affected, but of humanitarian organizations, the media, and local clinics.
In Western humanitarian and media narratives, obstetric fistula is presented as deeply stigmatizing, resulting in divorce, abandonment by kin, exile from communities, depression and suicide. Heller illustrates the inaccuracy of these popular narratives and shows how they serve the interests not of the women so affected, but of humanitarian organizations, the media, and local clinics.