Abortion, sin, and the state in Thailand /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whittaker, Andrea (Andrea M.), 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Series:ASAA women in Asia series.
Subjects:
Abortion > Social aspects > Thailand.
Abortion > Moral and ethical aspects > Thailand.
Abortion > Political aspects > Thailand.
Avortement > Aspect moral > Thaïlande.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Abortion & Birth Control.
Abortion > Moral and ethical aspects.
Abortion > Political aspects.
Abortion > Social aspects.
Thailand.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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