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245 0 _aLiberalizing, Feminizing, and Popularizing Health Communications in Asia
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aBurlington, VT :
_bAshgate,
_cc2010.
300 _axi, 223 p. ;
505 _a Contents: Introduction, Liew Kai Khiun; 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. 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. 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.
650 _aWomen -- Health and hygiene -- Asia. .
650 _a Health education.
650 _aHealth education -- Asia
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