Sex-selective abortion in India : gender, society and new reproductive technologies / editor, Tulsi Patel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patel, Tulsi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--India.

Abortion.

Sexism--India.

Sexism.

Sex distribution (Demography)--India.

Sex distribution (Demography).

India.

Physical Description:

432 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2007.

Summary:

Is modern India going gender-awry, especially as society seems to turn against the female baby and foetus? This volume raises the emotive issue of millions of girls in India who fail to appear on the social scene, not figuratively, but in real demographic terms. The contributors to this volume, all distinguished demographers and/or social scientists, describe the political economy of sentiments and sexual mores that lead parents to kill unborn daughters. In doing so, they ably unravel the values, principles and practices behind the depleting child sex ratio in India.

The volume examines the ways in which reproductive technologies such as the ultrasound are misused at the family, community and state levels. In this alarming scenario, it highlights both the participation and defiance of the various authorities dealing with reproduction, health services and the problem of female foeticide. Their engagement with the state is analysed in the light of colonial policies, the law of adoption, health policies, family planning programmes and the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act of 1994 and its amendment in 2002.

Contents:

Deficit of girls in India : can it be attributed to female selective abortion? / Leela Visaria

Female foeticide : a civilisational collapse / Ashish Bose

Rethinking female foeticide : perspective and issues / Rainuka Dagar

The mindset behind eliminating the female foetus / Tulsi Patel

Between a rock and a hard place : the social context of the missing girl child / Alpana D. Sagar

Health policy, plan and implementation : the role of health workers in altering the sex ratio / Reema Bhatia

Adoption : born to live / Rashmi Kapoor

Remale infanticide, property and the colonial state / L.S. Vishwanath

The political economy of missing girls in India / Vibbuti Patel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780761935391

0761935398

OCLC:

71812685

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