Abortion in Post-revolutionary Tunisia : : Politics, Medicine and Morality / / Irene Maffi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Maffi, Irene,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 46
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on Transliteration --; Introduction Situating Abortion Islam, the Arab Countries and the Tunisian Exception --; Chapter 1 Putting Abortion into Question Debates, Actors and Stakes after the Revolution --; Chapter 2 Female Bodies, Contraception and Reproductive Norms --; Chapter 3 Reproductive Governance, Moral Regimes and Unwanted Pregnancies --; Chapter 4 Imagining Early Pregnancy Ontologies of the Foetus and the Moral Perception of Abortion --; Conclusion --; Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789206913; 9783110997699
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789206913?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Irene Maffi.

After the revolution of 2011, the electoral victory of the Islamist party ‘Ennahdha’ allowed previously silenced religious and conservative ideas about women’s right to abortion to be expressed. This also allowed healthcare providers in the public sector to refuse abortion and contraceptive care. This book explores the changes and continuity in the local discourses and practices related to the body, sexuality, reproduction and gender relationships. It also investigates how the bureaucratic apparatus of government healthcare facilities affects the complex moral world of clinicians and patients.