Single Mothers and the State's Embrace : Reproductive Agency in Vietnam /

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"In the mid-1980s, after the Indochina Wars, a shortage of men meant that many single women in northern Vietnam found themselves without suitable marital prospects. Increasingly, they began to pursue single motherhood by "asking for a child" (xin con), seeking men who would agree to i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Phinney, Harriet M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Single mothers.
Reproductive rights.
Motherhood > Social aspects.
Motherhood > Government policy.
Motherhood > Government policy > Vietnam.
Reproductive rights > Vietnam.
Motherhood > Social aspects > Vietnam.
Single mothers > Vietnam.
Vietnam.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Maternal desire: the "thirst" for a biological child
  • "When will you give out sweets?": sacrificing youth, foregoing marriage
  • Xin con
  • "asking for a child": a novel path to motherhood
  • Governing xin con: the state's embrace
  • "This was my choice. It is my life"

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