Navtej K Purewal

Son Preference

Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781845204679
• ISBN-10: 1845204670
• Artikelnr.: 28900949

Autorenporträt

Navtej K. Purewal is Lecturer in Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionMapping Knowledges of Son PreferenceSon
Preference in the Colonial and Postcolonial'Figuring out' Son
PreferenceAnti-Female Foeticide: Between Activism and OrthodoxyNarratives
of Reproductive Choice and Culture in the DiasporaGirl Talk: Cultural
Change and Challenge through the Eyes of Young Women in Contemporary
PunjabConclusion by way of EpilogueBibliographyIndex