| Description |
xvii, 189 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series |
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ASAA women in Asia series.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
"This book discusses abortion in Thailand, where, although abortion is illegal, between 200,000 and 300,000 abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. Based on extensive original research in the field, the book analyses the abortion debate in Thailand, including stories of the real-life dilemmas facing women, situational ethics, popular representations of abortion in the media, the history and the politics of the debate. The work highlights women's subjective experiences and perceptions of abortion, and places these women's stories in an analysis of broader conflicts over gender, religion, nationalism and modernity, and the global politics of reproductive health."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [176]-186) and index |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Social aspects -- Thailand.
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Thailand.
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Abortion -- Political aspects -- Thailand.
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Abortion, Induced.
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Abortion, Criminal.
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Pregnancy, Unwanted -- ethics.
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Pregnancy, Unwanted -- psychology.
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Pregnant Women -- ethnology.
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| SUBJECT |
Thailand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013785 |
| LC no. |
2003027020 |
| ISBN |
041533652X alkaline paper |
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