British Pakistani Muslim masculinity, (in)fertility, and the clinical encounter
Dublin Core
Title
British Pakistani Muslim masculinity, (in)fertility, and the clinical encounter
Author
Blell, Mwenza
Publisher
2017/08/00
Language
English
Publication Date
20170800
Abstract
The experiences of men facing fertility disruptions are understudied. For British Pakistanis, the impact of infertility is heightened for women because of normative pressures to bear children. But what of men? I present data from in-depth interviews in North East England with infertile British Pakistani Muslims and relevant health professionals. British Pakistani men's level of participation in clinical encounters and responses to diagnoses of male factor infertility must be understood in the context of kinship, the construction of Pakistani ethnicity in the UK, and the subordinated forms of masculinity which accompany this identity.
Primary Classification
14.1
Secondary Classification
14.1;14.4
Primary keywords
infertility--[pri];males--[pri]
Secondary keywords
communication barriers;culture;data collection;emotions;interviews;marital relationship;minority groups;Muslims;psychological stress;refusal to participate;reproductive technologies;social discrimination;socioeconomic factors;stigmatization;women
Subject
United Kingdom--[pri]
Subject
National Health Service
Subject
Pakistanis--[pri];pronatalism--[pri]
Subject
gender-based discrimination;Islamophobia
Journal Article
Medical Anthropology2017 August 11:1-14[Online first]. Accessed: September 18, 2017
Link for Internet access
Note
Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. Published with license by Taylor & Francis.© 2017 Mwenza Blell
Call Number
citation
Bibliography
54 refs
ISSN
01459740 (print);15455882 (online)
Collection
Citation
“British Pakistani Muslim masculinity, (in)fertility, and the clinical encounter,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed January 17, 2025, https://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/37786.