Vulnerable Daughters in India
Mattias Larsen · 2011
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About the book
"Underlying the widespread problem of sex-selective abortions in India is the puzzling fact that daughters have become vulnerable in a time of general improvement in welfare, female status and dramatic economic and social changes. The findings in this book are centred 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 foundations for these very factors. This contradiction entails an uncertainty over sons fulfilling expectations which has -- instead of [tilting] the balance in favour of daughters -- increased the relative importance of sons and intensified negative consequences for daughters"--Publisher.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Editions
- 9
- Pages
- 250
- ISBN
- 9780415597517
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