The book records what a 19-years-old girl exactly experienced as a birth control taskforce member during the campaign 35 years ago. Focusing on a grassroots level birth control taskforce, this book appropriately introduces the political, social, and economic background back then in China, tells in detail how was the team constructed and how the team members carried out their mandatory duties, and vividly narrates, one after another, stories of village women and men and unmarried girls who were forced to undergo procedures such as intrauterine device, tubal ligation, and abortion.
Profoundly displaying the unprocessed, painful struggles among values, morals, ethics, and emotions of the taskforce members, the grassroots leaders, and the victims and their families as well, this book presents the reader with humble but genuine first-handed material to look into such a serious issue that had drawn international attention. Undoubtedly, this book can be a very valuable reference book for relevant political and social studies for college and graduate students, and, in general, for American people to know Chinese culture of deep layers as well. Because of its story-telling style, this book could be readable even for high school students for their social study projects.
Profoundly displaying the unprocessed, painful struggles among values, morals, ethics, and emotions of the taskforce members, the grassroots leaders, and the victims and their families as well, this book presents the reader with humble but genuine first-handed material to look into such a serious issue that had drawn international attention. Undoubtedly, this book can be a very valuable reference book for relevant political and social studies for college and graduate students, and, in general, for American people to know Chinese culture of deep layers as well. Because of its story-telling style, this book could be readable even for high school students for their social study projects.
