Son Preference : Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia.

Son Preference provides an accessible and highly engaging exploration of why male children are favoured in South Asian culture and what effects this has.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purewal, Navtej K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Berg Publishers, 2010.
Temas:
Sex of children, Parental preferences for > South Asia.
Sons > South Asia.
Daughters > South Asia.
Sex discrimination against women > South Asia.
Sexe des enfants > Préférences parentales > Asie méridionale.
Fils > Asie méridionale.
Filles > Asie méridionale.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Asie méridionale.
Daughters
Sex discrimination against women
Sex of children, Parental preferences for
Sons
South Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Mapping Knowledges of Son Preference; 2 Son Preference in the Colonial and Postcolonial; 3 Figuring Out Son Preference; 4 Anti-Female Foeticide: Between Activism and Orthodoxy; 5 Narratives of Reproductive Choice and Culture in the Diaspora; 6 Girl Talk: Cultural Change and Challenge Through the Eyes of Young Women in Contemporary Punjab; Conclusion by way of Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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