Imperfect conceptions
Subtitle: medical knowledge, birth defects, and eugenics in China
By: Frank Dikotter.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Abnormalities, Human -- Etiology -- Public opinion.; Abnormalities, Human -- China -- Public opinion.; Eugenics -- China.; Public opinion -- China.
Description: Since Deng Xiaoping's accession to power in 1978, human genetics has come to occupy centre stage in China, as a growing number of socially undesirable traits are attributed to so-called bad genes, which the state seeks to regulate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.