Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia
Author:   Navtej K. Purewal
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781845204679


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   01 April 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia


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Author:   Navtej K. Purewal
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781845204679


ISBN 10:   1845204670
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   01 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionMapping Knowledges of Son PreferenceSon Preference in the Colonial and Postcolonial'Figuring out' Son PreferenceAnti-Female Foeticide: Between Activism and OrthodoxyNarratives of Reproductive Choice and Culture in the DiasporaGirl Talk: Cultural Change and Challenge through the Eyes of Young Women in Contemporary PunjabConclusion by way of EpilogueBibliographyIndex

Reviews

An accessible and stimulating book for students, academics, and anyone interested in this highly sensitive and contentious issue, Son Preference provides a valuable addition to anthropological and sociological analyses and proposes new directions for ethnographic research. Dr Sunil Khanna, Oregon State University


'An accessible and stimulating book for students, academics, and anyone interested in this highly sensitive and contentious issue, Son Preference provides a valuable addition to anthropological and sociological analyses and proposes new directions for ethnographic research.' Dr Sunil Khanna, Oregon State University


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Navtej K. Purewal is Lecturer in Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester

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