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Auteur(s) : Heller, Alison
Titre(s) : Fistula politics [Texte imprimé] : birthing injuries and the quest for continence in Niger / Alison Heller
Publication : New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xv-250 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Medical anthropology
Lien à la collection : Medical anthropology
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 231-246. Index
"Obstetric fistula is a birthing injury caused by prolonged obstructed labor that
results in urinary and fecal incontinence. It is nearly nonexistent 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 womem
so affected, but of humanitarian organizations, the media, and local clinics. At the
heart of this book are the intimate stories of one hundred Nigérien women with fistula
who struggle to navigate West African health care systems and find meaning in their
quests for continence."--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Fistules vésicovaginales -- Thérapeutique -- Niger
Fistule rectovaginale -- Thérapeutique -- Niger
Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Niger
Femmes -- Conditions sociales -- Niger
Santé de la reproduction -- Niger
Indice(s) Dewey :
362.830 96626 (23e éd.) = Femmes (problèmes et services sociaux) - Niger
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781978800373. - ISBN 1978800371. - ISBN 9781978800366 (br.). - ISBN 1978800363
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb466334285
Notice n° :
FRBNF46633428
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I: Incontinence and inequalities ; Living incontinence ; Laraba's story ;
Fistula stigma ; Liminal wives ; Part II: Clinical encounters ; Six beds, sixty
minutes ; The "worst place to be a mother" ; The indeterminable wait ; Part III:
The marketplace of victimhood ; Arantut's story ; Superlative sufferers ; Costs
and consequences ; The threshold of continence
