Imperfect conceptions: medicine knowledge, birth defects and eugenics in china
Auteur :
Dikotter, Frank
Éditeur :
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
ISBN :
9781850653318
Date de publication :
16 nov. 1998
Dimensions :
22,5 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
469 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This work analyzes the relationship between medicine and ideas about reproduction in China. Drawing on a variety of sources, the author shows how the notion of reproduction as a potentially dangerous phenomenon - one regulated to safeguard the nation's eugenic future - permeated Chinese society.