Vulnerable daughters in India : culture, development and changing contexts / Mattias Larsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larsen, Mattias.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female feticide--India.

Female feticide.

Sex of children, Parental preferences for--India.

Sex of children, Parental preferences for.

Women--India--Social conditions.

Women.

Families--India.

Families.

Daughters--India.

Daughters.

Sexism--India.

Sexism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; New York : Routledge India, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In India, girls are aborted on a massive scale merely because they are girls. Underlying this widespread problem is the puzzling fact that daughters have become vulnerable in a time of general improvement of welfare, female status and deep economic and social changes. The findings centre on a contradiction between the continued importance of the cultural factors which for so long have established that a son is necessary, and socio-economic changes that are challenging the importance of these very same factors. This contradiction entails an uncertainty over sons fulfilling expectations which

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Problem; 2 Intergenerational Interests and Systematic Case Comparisons; 3 Exploration and Specification of the Context; 4 Structural Continuity and the Role of the Son; 5 Contextual Changes in Two Paths to Low CSR; 6 Structure, Change and Uncertainty; Appendix; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-52054-0

9786613832993

0-203-15027-9

1-136-51599-2

9780203150276

OCLC:

804661411