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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812203503321

Autore

Whittaker Andrea (Andrea M.), <1967->

Titolo

Abortion, sin, and the state in Thailand / / Andrea Whittaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

ISBN

1-134-32756-0

1-134-32757-9

1-280-04672-4

0-203-42944-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series

Disciplina

363.46/09593

Soggetti

Abortion - Social aspects - Thailand

Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects - Thailand

Abortion - Political aspects - Thailand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.