ABSTRACT
This collection examines enduring and topical questions in sexual and reproductive health in a range of contemporary Asian cultures. Beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy, birth, and confinement are studies in culturally specific contexts in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Important and widely applicable health issues are also addressed, including the perception and management of HIV/AIDS, experiences of menopause and the interaction of cosmopolitan ("western'') medicine with traditional healthcare.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|81 pages
Birth and Its Inflections
part II|104 pages
From Her Womb ....
part III|95 pages
The Workings of the Body: Issues of Sexual Health