Son Preference - Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia (Paperback, English)

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 discussions and draws upon textual and ethnographic material from India. Son Preference will be useful to students, scholars, activists and anyone interested in the issues surrounding gender inequity, sex selection and skewed sex ratios.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Navtej K. Purewal
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	English
ISBN-13:	978-1-84520-468-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-84520-468-9
Barcode:	9781845204686

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