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- catalog abstract ""This study provides a picture of what it means to be a woman in rural Thailand. As a study on health it concentrates upon the intimacies of women's bodies while simultaneously exploring how experiences of health and illness are shaped by the wider context of the developing Thai state." "Medical anthropologist Andrea Whittaker addresses the broad forces affecting women's health today - gender relations in Thai society, migration and work, the effects of poverty and uneven development. She explains complex theoretical issues using rich ethnographic detail to discuss approaches to the body and embodiment, agency and resistance, the effects of development and modernity." "Intimate Knowledge illustrates the tensions between what is seen as 'traditional' and 'modern' approaches and the ways in which these are understood to align poverty and underdevelopment with ethnic and cultural difference. All these issues are illustrated through chapters covering a wide range of women's health experiences: gynaecological problems, STDs/HIV, family planning and maternity, and the controversy of abortion within a Buddhist nation. Women's voices feature throughout the book, telling the intimacies of their lives and bringing to life the ramifications of broader social forces and policies in Thai society."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Women and their health in North-east Thailand".
- catalog contributor b12931464.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This study provides a picture of what it means to be a woman in rural Thailand. As a study on health it concentrates upon the intimacies of women's bodies while simultaneously exploring how experiences of health and illness are shaped by the wider context of the developing Thai state." "Medical anthropologist Andrea Whittaker addresses the broad forces affecting women's health today - gender relations in Thai society, migration and work, the effects of poverty and uneven development. She explains complex theoretical issues using rich ethnographic detail to discuss approaches to the body and embodiment, agency and resistance, the effects of development and modernity." "Intimate Knowledge illustrates the tensions between what is seen as 'traditional' and 'modern' approaches and the ways in which these are understood to align poverty and underdevelopment with ethnic and cultural difference. All these issues are illustrated through chapters covering a wide range of women's health experiences: gynaecological problems, STDs/HIV, family planning and maternity, and the controversy of abortion within a Buddhist nation. Women's voices feature throughout the book, telling the intimacies of their lives and bringing to life the ramifications of broader social forces and policies in Thai society."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: fevers of poverty -- 2. Women if Isan -- 3. Contesting bodies of knowledge: health and healing -- 4. intimate knowledge, wombs and flow -- 5. Many children, little land -- 6. Bearing tradition and modernitiy -- 7. More painful then birth: abortion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-209) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 213 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1865082163".
- catalog isPartOf "Women in Asia publication series".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin,".
- catalog spatial "Thailand, Northeastern".
- catalog subject "HQ1750.55 .W55 2000".
- catalog subject "Women Health and hygiene Thailand, Northeastern Sociological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Women Thailand, Northeastern Social conditions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: fevers of poverty -- 2. Women if Isan -- 3. Contesting bodies of knowledge: health and healing -- 4. intimate knowledge, wombs and flow -- 5. Many children, little land -- 6. Bearing tradition and modernitiy -- 7. More painful then birth: abortion.".
- catalog title "Intimate knowledge : women and their health in North-east Thailand / Andrea Whittaker.".
- catalog title "Women and their health in North-east Thailand".
- catalog type "text".