Abstract
Contraceptive choices, as a reflection of agency, inform us about various ways individual women seek particular forms of empowerment, in light of socio-economic, affective, and gender-based constraints. Ultimately, this serves to challenge inflexible conceptualizations of the status of women by calling into question the claim that patriarchy is unequivocally coercive and that women are inescapably disempowered and providing new avenues from where we may begin to rethink female agency and empowerment.
Department
Middle East Studies Center
Degree Name
MA in Middle East Studies
Graduation Date
2-1-2017
Submission Date
February 2017
First Advisor
Rieker, Martina
Committee Member 1
Gamblin, Sandrine
Committee Member 2
Sholkamy, Hania
Extent
94 p.
Document Type
Master's Thesis
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Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Ezzat, F.
(2017).Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women [Master's Thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/658
MLA Citation
Ezzat, Farida. Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women. 2017. American University in Cairo, Master's Thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/658