| Titre : | God-sent ordeals and their discontents : Ultra-orthodox Jewish women negotiate prenatal testing. (2011) |
| Auteurs : | IVRY (Tsipy) : ISR. University of Haifa. Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Mt Carmel. Haifa. ; FRUMKIN (Ayala) : ISR. Monique and Jacques Roboh Department of Genetic Research. The Department of Genetic and Metabolic Diseases. Hadassah. Hebrew University Medical Center. Jerusalem. ; TEMAN (Elly) : USA. The Penn Cight. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. PA. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 72, n° 9, 2011) |
| Pagination : | 1527-1533 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Religion ; Femme ; Homme ; Dépistage ; Israël ; Reproduction ; Histoire ; Hiérarchie ; Mère ; Asie ; Diagnostic prénatal |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 8rR0xJDC. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Through narrative interviews with 20 pregnant ultra-orthodox [Haredi] Jewish women in Israel conducted between 2007 and 2009, we examine the implications for such women of prenatal testing, and of pregnancy as a gendered route of piety. We found that pregnancy signified both a divine mission and possible reproductive misfortunes. Bearing a child with a disability was taken as a test of faith and God's decree was to be accepted. Fetal anomaly created anxiety about the women's ability to fulfill their God-given task and about their position in an unwritten hierarchy of gendered righteousness. Challenging reproductive decisions were often assigned to rabbis, but this did not exempt women from viewing themselves as inadequate in their religious devotion. We conclude that prenatal testing becomes a spiritual ordeal that aggravates pregnancy tensions. |
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