Morsey, Soheir A.

The dynamics of sickness and healing are examined in terms of male-female power relations in this study of an Egyptian village. Soheir Morsy goes beyond an account of gender dynamics in a culturally embedded medical discourse by putting her cases of "compromised" health in the c…

Gender, sickness, and healing in rural Egypt: ethnography in historical context

by Morsey, Soheir A.

fromConflict and social change series

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The dynamics of sickness and healing are examined in terms of male-female power relations in this study of an Egyptian village. Soheir Morsy goes beyond an account of gender dynamics in a culturally embedded medical discourse by putting her cases of "compromised" health in the c…