Liberalizing, Feminizing, and Popularizing Health Communications in Asia 

 - 1st ed. 
 - Burlington, VT :  Ashgate,  c2010. 
 - xi, 223 p. ; 
<br/><br/>	Contents: Introduction, Liew Kai Khiun; <br/><br/>Part 1 Liberalizing Health: Mediations of health and the development of a nation: late Suharto and late modernity, Steve Ferzacca; Reporting HIV and its broader impact in Asia: the case of Papua New Guinea, Trevor Cullen; Reading HIV/AIDS in the Indian media: social, cultural and economic constructions, Shaunak Sastry and Mohan J. Dutta; Press coverage of bird flu epidemic in Vietnam, Annick GuA(c)nel and Sylvia Klingberg. <br/><br/>Part 2 Feminizing Health: Caesarean birth, media, motherhood and nation in Taiwan, Chen-I Kuan; Information and decision making among women with breast cancer: constraints on the informed decision, Khor Yoke Lim and Gerald Goh Guan Gan; Making the oral contraceptive 'for me' in Japan: managing the semiotics of reproductive health in virtual space, Kathryn Goldfarb. <br/><br/>Part 3 Popularizing Health: the radio communication project in Nepal: culture, power and meaning in constructions of health, Mohan J. Dutta and Iccha Basnyat; Of plastic beauties and flower boys: representations of cosmetic surgery in South Korean films, Kelly Fu; When distortion is normal: the media and body image disturbance among young people in Hong Kong, Annisa Lee Lai; How to live: reading China's popular health media, Judith Farquhar; Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780754678397 (hc : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women -- Health and hygiene -- Asia. .<br/> Health education.<br/>Health education -- Asia
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.1082095  / KHI/L