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Author Kato, Masae, 1971-

Title Women's rights? : the politics of eugenic abortion in modern Japan / Masae Kato.

Publication Info. [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]
©2009
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Online ebook. Open Access via JSTOR.
Online ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff.

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Description 1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series IIAS publications series, Monographs ; 2
IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-335) and index.
Contents 1. Historical Background -- 2. Abortion Debates in the 1970s -- 3. On women's selfishness and the right to abortion -- 4. Abortion Debates in the 1980s -- 5. Analysis of the Discourse on the Concept of Individual, Political Rights in the 1980s -- 6. The Debate on the Notion of Individual, Political Rights after the Repeal of the Eugenic Protection Law -- 7. Liberated Individuals? -- Conclusion -- Appendices.
Summary This book analyses the debates between handicapped people's movement and women's movement in Japan about the issue of selective abortion focusing on the concept of 'right'.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Japan.
Abortion -- Law and legislation.
Japan.
Eugenics -- Japan.
Eugenics.
Prenatal diagnosis -- Japan.
Prenatal diagnosis.
Fetus -- Abnormalities -- Japan.
Fetus -- Abnormalities.
Women's rights -- Japan.
Women's rights.
People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- Japan.
People with disabilities -- Civil rights.
People with disabilities.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1970-2000
Indexed Term Law Japan Women and Education, research, related topics Recht Japanologie Vrouwenstudies
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Other Form: Print version: Kato, Masae, 1971- Women's rights? [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009 9789053567937 (OCoLC)327849684
ISBN 9789048501434 (electronic book)
9048501431 (electronic book)
1282129082
9781282129085
9789053567937 (paperback)
9053567933 (paperback)
Standard No. 9786612129087

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