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Sex-selective abortion in India : gender, society and new reproductive technologies / editor, Tulsi Patel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion--India.
- Abortion.
- Sexism--India.
- Sexism.
- Sex distribution (Demography)--India.
- Sex distribution (Demography).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (432 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the ways in which reproductive technologies, such as ultrasound, are misused at the family, community and state level in India. This book shows both the participation and defiance of the various authorities dealing with reproduction, health services and the problem of female foeticide.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Deficit of Girls in India; Female Foeticide; Rethinking Female Foeticide; The Mindset behind Eliminating the Female Foetus; Between a Rock and a Hard Place; Health Policy, Plan and Implementation; Adoption; Female Infanticide, Property and the Colonial State; The Political Economy of Missing Girls in India; Female Foeticide, Family Planning and State-Society Intersection in India; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Glossary; About the Editotr and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611965259
- 9789352800643
- 9352800648
- 9788132111795
- 8132111796
- 9781281965257
- 1281965251
- 9788178299587
- 8178299585
- OCLC:
- 476231049
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