UID:
edocfu_9961565833202883
Format:
1 online resource (160 p.)
Edition:
English edition.
ISBN:
1-00-308673-X
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1-000-19013-7
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1-000-18350-5
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1-003-08673-X
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93-86141-86-8
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1-4742-1553-X
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1-282-59667-5
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9786612596674
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1-84788-754-6
Content:
The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions illustrate the gendered outcomes of social power relations as they interact and intersect with culture, economy and technologies. Son Preference brings together key debates on the subject of son preference by assessing existing work in the field and providing new insights through primary research. The book covers a broad range of social science dis
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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Also issued in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84520-468-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84520-467-0
Language:
English
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