Sectarianism and the problem of overpopulation: Political representations of reproduction in two low-income neighbourhoods of Beirut, Lebanon

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1139-1152

  Premkumar, Ashish ^a   Salem, Karma ^b   Akhtar, Sarah ^c   Deeb, Mary E ^d   Messersmith, Lisa J ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

biopolitics; community health; Lebanon; reproductive health; sectarianism; structural violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869167319     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.721137     Document Type: Article

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