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Women's rights? : the politics of eugenic abortion in modern Japan /

This book analyses the debates between handicapped people's movement and women's movement in Japan about the issue of selective abortion focusing on the concept of 'right'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kato, Masae, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.
Colección:IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 2.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Historical Background
  • 2. Abortion Debates in the 1970s
  • 3. On women's selfishness and the right to abortion
  • 4. Abortion Debates in the 1980s
  • 5. Analysis of the Discourse on the Concept of Individual, Political Rights in the 1980s
  • 6. The Debate on the Notion of Individual, Political Rights after the Repeal of the Eugenic Protection Law
  • 7. Liberated Individuals?
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices.