Planning Families in Nepal: Global and Local Projects of Reproduction

by Jan Brunson

Based on almost a decade of research in the Kathmandu Valley, Planning Families in Nepal offers a compelling account of Hindu Nepali women as they face conflicting global and local ideals regarding family planning. Promoting a two-child norm, global family planning programs have disseminated the slogan, "A small family is a happy family," throughout the global South. Jan Brunson examines how two generations of Hindu Nepali women negotiate this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813578612
• ISBN13: 9780813578613
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher