The Arabian Mission in Kuwait, 1910–67: Effects of Modern Medicine on Women's Healing Practices and Ideals of Womanhood.

This article examines the missionary presence in Kuwait with an eye to destabilising the narrative and definition of modern medicine. Rather than examining the Arabian Mission’s effect on health in Kuwait, this paper focuses on the complex encounter that led to changes in discourse and practice rela...

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Publicado en:	Gender & History Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 465 - 490
Autor principal:	Ahmad, Dana
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2018
Materias:	Missionary medicine Medical missionaries Women Progressivism (United States politics) Motherhood Women's health Twentieth century Kuwait
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