Broschiertes Buch

Abortion in Asia

Local Dilemmas, Global Politics

Herausgeber: Whittaker, Andrea

Beschreibung

Presents abortion case studies from Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and India Illustrates the conditions and hard choices faced by women and the circumstances surrounding unplanned pregnancies Explores the connections among poverty, violence, barriers to access, and the politics and strategies involved in abortion law reform Contributors analyze these issues within the broader conflicts surrounding women's status, gender roles, religion, nationalism and modernity, and global politics of reproductive health.

Autor

Andrea Whittaker is Associate Professor in the School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia. Her previous publications include Intimate Knowledge: Women and their health in North-east Thailand (2000), Women's Health in South-east Asia (edited, 2002) and Abortion, Sin, and the State in Thailand (2004). Her current research interests focus on infertility and reproductive tourism and medical travel in Thailand and the region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780857457950
• ISBN-10: 0857457950
• Artikelnr.: 36834224