Rainuka Dagar

Gender, Identity and Violence

Female Deselection in India

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Produktbeschreibung

Weaving economic and socio-political processes with the living narrative of customs, rituals and practices in differently-placed groups to decode the legitimising mechanisms of male child preference in India, this book explores male infanticide as redemption of blood debt, girl child deselection through cultural neglect, female infanticide, and foeticide in the context of identity assertion and traditional social reservoirs. It empirically captures the range of gender-based violence, arguing that form-specific strategies neither address the inequalities nor its causes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780367176723
• ISBN-10: 0367176726
• Artikelnr.: 57009476

Autorenporträt

Rainuka Dagar is Director (Research), Gender Studies Unit, at the Institute for Development and Communication (IDC), India, and Program Director with Altus Global Alliance, The Hague.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Pramod Kumar. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Mapping Child
Deselection through a Civilisational Periscope II. Debates on Gender
Violence, Identity and Rights: Implications for Female Deselection III.
Girl Child Deselection: Disappearance and Invisibility in the Context of
Punjab IV. Justifying Narratives, Legitimising Mechanisms V. Interpreting
Gender and Cultural Specificities: Decoding the Power of Masculine
Constructs in Panchayats, Punjab VI. Gender Positioning within the Cultural
Support Structures VII. Policy and Practice: Negotiating the Politics of
Gender in Identity-based Exchange VIII. Constructing Gender Capital for
Gender Justice. Annexure. Notes. Bibliography. About the Author. Index