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Jing-Bao Nie - Behind the Silence - 9780742523715 - V9780742523715
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Behind the Silence

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Description for Behind the Silence Paperback. An 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. China's internal plurality, the author argues, must be taken seriously if the West is to open a fruitful cross-cultural dialogue. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
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. Bringing to light the range of Chinese views and experiences, Nie Jing-Bao draws on extensive primary sources and intensive fieldwork, including surveys by and interviews with hundreds of rural, urban, and overseas Chinese. Nie's exploration of the multi-layered meanings of public silence, official pronouncements, forgotten controversies from the Imperial era, public and private consensus and disagreement, women's personal stories, and doctors' narratives ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Asian Voices
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742523715
SKU
V9780742523715
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Jing-Bao Nie
Nie Jing-Bao is senior lecturer at the Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, New Zealand, and adjunct/visiting professor at several Chinese universities. He has published nearly sixty journal articles and book chapters, and is the author of Medical Ethics in China (2006). Another area of his research focuses on Japanese wartime medical atrocities in China.

Reviews for Behind the Silence
Nie's important book…examine[s] the diverse and difficult experiences and views of different groups of Chinese people….In addressing the moral experience of abortion in China, it brings to light the multifaceted, complex and difficult dimensions of an issue that continues to be excluded from public debate by the political constraints of the Chinese state.
Harriet Evans, University of Westminster
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