| Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Asian voices
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Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Abortion -- China.
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Abortion. |
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China. |
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- China.
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Family planning -- China.
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Family planning. |
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China -- Population policy.
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Population policy. |
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Women's studies -- China.
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Women's studies. |
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Eugenics -- China.
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Eugenics. |
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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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China. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nie, Jing-Bao, 1962- Behind the silence. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., ©2005 9780742523708 (DLC) 2005009543 (OCoLC)59003457 |
| ISBN |
9780742571280 (electronic book) |
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0742571289 (electronic book) |
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0742523705 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742523708 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0742523713 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742523715 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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