Women's Bodies, Women's Worries : Health and Family Planning in a Vietnamese Rural Commune

ISBN-13: 9780700711116 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 278 str.

Tine Gammeltoft; T. Gammeltoft;Gammeltoft Tine

Opis

Starting as an examination of the impact of Vietnam's family planning policy on the health and lives of rural women, this study explores historical and contemporary socio-cultural forces which influence the lives of Vietnamese women.

Recenzje

'in her deft handling of important issues of gender, economic life, state power and discourse, Gammeltoft covers extensive territory of interest to the anthropology of China and Southeast Asia in general.' - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Spis treści

Prologue 1. Introduction 2. Fieldwork 3. Planning Happy Families 4. The IUD and Women's Health 5. Body and Health 6. Local Moral Worlds 7. The Expression of Distress 8. Conclusion: Antropologies of Suffering and Resistance

O autorze

Tine Gammeltoft