Single Mothers and the State's Embrace: Reproductive Agency in Vietnam

Abstract

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Maternal Desire and the Postwar Marital Terrain -- Mai -- Chapter 1. Maternal Desire: The "Thirst" for a Biological Child -- Chapter 2. "When Will You Give Out Sweets?": Sacrificing Youth, Forgoing Marriage -- Part 2. Reproductive Agency and Vietnamese Governmentality -- Cà Mau -- Chapter 3. Xin Con, "Asking for a Child": A Novel Path to Motherhood -- Chapter 4. Governing Xin Con: The State's Embrace -- Part 3. Xin Con at the Turn of the Century -- Oanh -- Chapter 5. "This Was My Choice. It Is My Life." -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.