Abstract
I explore what silence surrounding abortion means to women in their everyday lives and the composition of their selfhood. My analysis is based on one-year of ethnographic fieldwork consisting of 20 interviews with women from the Faroe Islands and participant observation. Building upon theoretical frameworks of belonging and subjectivity studies, I discuss women’s silent maneuverings from an understanding of freedom of choice and power as complex entities and expand on the dimensions of belonging and nonbelonging. I find that women’s silent maneuverings are a navigational strategy made in a quest for belonging, and propose the concept of performed belonging.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Sept 2022 |
Keywords
- Abortion stigma
- embodiment
- performed belonging
- reproductive citizenship
- split subjectivity
- Faroe Islands