Endangered daughters : discrimination and development in Asia / Elisabeth Croll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Croll, Elisabeth, 1944-2007.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family size--Asia.

Family size.

Sex of children, Parental preferences for--Asia.

Sex of children, Parental preferences for.

Girls--Asia--Social conditions.

Girls.

Daughters--Asia--Social conditions.

Daughters.

Sex discrimination--Asia.

Sex discrimination.

Women in development--Asia.

Women in development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknowledged across the world.It asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this emotive and sensitive issue, Elisabeth Croll investigates the extent of discrimination against female children in Asia and shifts the focus of attention firmly from son-preference to daughter-discrimination.This book brings together demograph

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; A weaker destiny: daughter discrimination; Demographic narratives: 'missing girls'; Ethnographic voices: disappointing daughters; The generations: expectations and entitlements; Interpreting gender: hierarchy and difference; The girl child: agendas and campaigns; Daughter empowerment: a new destiny?; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-204) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-53882-0

1-134-53883-9

0-203-17021-0

0-203-13228-9

1-280-40122-2

9780203132289

OCLC:

655069361