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Abortion, sin and the state in Thailand /

This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 200,000 to 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whittaker, Andrea (Andrea M.), 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Colección:ASAA women in Asia series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: bearing politics
  • Abortion, sin, and the state
  • A history of the abortion debate
  • Conceiving the nation: representations of abortion in Thailand
  • Corrupt girls, victims of men, desperate women: representations of women who abort
  • 'A small sin': everyday acts
  • 'The truth of our day by day lives': situational ethics
  • Global debates, local dilemmas.