Abortion, sin, and the state in Thailand
By: Andrea Whittaker.
Series: Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series; ASAA women in Asia series.
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Abortion -- Social aspects -- Thailand.; Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Thailand.; Abortion -- Political aspects -- Thailand.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: bearing politics; title: Abortion, sin, and the state; title: A history of the abortion debate; title: Conceiving the nation: representations of abortion in Thailand; title: Corrupt girls, victims of men, desperate women: representations of women who abort; title: 'A small sin': everyday acts; title: 'The truth of our day by day lives': situational ethics; title: Global debates, local dilemmas.