Endangered daughters : discrimination and development in Asia /
"This book asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this sensitive and emotive issue, Elisabeth Croll investigates the extent of discrimination against female children in Asia...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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Series: | Health, risk and society.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. A weaker destiny: daughter discrimination
- 2. Demographic narratives: 'missing girls'
- 3. Ethnographic voices: disappointing daughters
- 4. The generations: expectations and entitlements
- 5. Interpreting gender: hierarchy and difference
- 6. The girl child: agendas and campaigns
- 7. Daughter empowerment: a new destiny?