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Making down syndrome : motherhood and kinship futures in urban Jordan /

Making Down Syndrome : Motherhood and Kinship Futures in Urban Jordan draws on ethnographic research conducted primarily in Jordan's capital city of Amman to explore how the label and identity of Down syndrome is gaining increasing cohesiveness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sargent, Christine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2026]
Series:Medical anthropology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
Subjects:
Mothers of children with Down syndrome > Jordan > Social conditions.
Children with Down syndrome > Care > Jordan.
Motherhood > Jordan.
Kinship > Jordan.
Urban anthropology > Jordan.
Jordan > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Description
Summary:Making Down Syndrome : Motherhood and Kinship Futures in Urban Jordan draws on ethnographic research conducted primarily in Jordan's capital city of Amman to explore how the label and identity of Down syndrome is gaining increasing cohesiveness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781978841048 (electronic bk.)
1978841043