Global debates, local dilemmas : sex-selective abortion in contemporary Viet Nam / Tran Minh Hang.
Global debates, local dilemmas : sex-selective abortion in contemporary Viet Nam / Tran Minh Hang.
Global debates, local dilemmas : sex-selective abortion in contemporary Viet Nam / Tran Minh Hang.
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Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Date
2018.
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H 2019/1339
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English
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xiii, 218 p. : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2018.
2018.
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Summary
The practice of sex-selective abortion is on the rise globally, stirring debates about gender inequality, medical ethics and reproductive autonomy. This book is the first ethnography to document practices of sex selection in Viet Nam. It shows how and why abortions are used to select the sex of children and how Vietnamese individuals and health pro...
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Global debates, local dilemmas : sex-selective abortion in contemporary Viet Nam / Tran Minh Hang.
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Sex-selective abortion in contemporary Vietnam
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Vietnam Series (Australian National University Press)
Bibliography: pages 195-218.
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H 2019/1339
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74VKVB7JAmbM
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ISBN
176046242X (print)
9781760462420 (print)
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362.19888009597
MMS ID
991024239216902626
