Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) |
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Asian voices |
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Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
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Contents |
Listening to the silence : the absence of public debate and its meaning -- "Instructions" from above : official positions -- The forgotten controversies : heritage of imperial times -- Tidings from the populace : consensus and contention in the survey results -- Bitterness beyond words : women's narratives -- Fulfilling discordant duties : doctors' narratives -- An inquiry into coerced abortion : sociocultural and ethical issues -- The challenge of cross-cultural dialogue : taking seriously China's internal plurality |
Summary |
Behind the Silence is the first in-depth work in any language to explore the diverse perspectives of mainland Chinese regarding induced abortion and fetal life in the context of the world's most ambitious and intrusive family planning program. Through his investigation of public silence, official standpoints, forgotten controversies from the imperial era, popular opinions, women's personal stories, doctors' narratives, and the problem of coerced abortion, Nie Jing-Bao brings to light a surprising range of beliefs concerning fetal life and the morality of abortion, yet finds overall an acceptan |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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SUBJECT |
China Zusammenstellung gnd |
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Abortion -- China
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- China
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Family planning -- China
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Women's studies -- China
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Eugenics -- China
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Birth control -- China
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Abortion, Induced -- ethics
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Abortion, Induced -- psychology
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Family Planning Policy
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Birth control
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Abortion
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Eugenics
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Family planning
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Population policy
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Women's studies
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Schwangerschaftsabbruch
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Bevölkerungspolitik
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Ethik
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China -- Population policy
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China |
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China
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China
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2005009543 |
ISBN |
9780742571280 |
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0742571289 |
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