| Fistula Politics: Birthing Injuries and the Quest for Continence in Niger Contributor(s): Heller, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 1978800363 ISBN-13: 9781978800366 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Medical | Public Health - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 362.108 |
| LCCN: 2018012992 |
| Series: Medical Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.92 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Obstetric fistula is a birthing injury caused by prolonged obstructed labor that results in urinary and fecal incontinence. It is nearly non-existent in the Global North. In contrast Niger, in West Africa, has one of the highest rates of fistula in the world. In Western humanitarian and media narratives, fistula is presented as deeply stigmatizing, resulting in divorce, abandonment by kin, exile from communities, depression and suicide. In Fistula Politics, Alison 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. |