The children of Yemen: Bodies, medicalization, and nation-building

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-221

  Weiss, Meira ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body; Commodification; Israel; Medicalization; Medicine; Nationalism; Yemenite children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JEW; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; YEMEN;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JEWS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POLITICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; YEMEN;

EID: 0035380383     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2001.15.2.206     Document Type: Article

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