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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460891003321

Autore

Dagar Rainuka

Titolo

Gender, identity and violence : female deselection in India / / Rainuka Dagar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-34160-0

1-315-66193-4

1-317-34159-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Disciplina

323.340954

Soggetti

Abortion - India

Infanticide - India

Sex discrimination against women - India

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""List of Tables""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Glossary""; ""Foreword by Pramod Kumar""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""I. Mapping Child Deselection through a Civilisational Periscope""; ""II. Debates on Gender Violence, Identity and Rights: Implications for Female Deselection""; ""III. Girl Child Deselection: Disappearance and Invisibility in the Context of Punjab""; ""IV. Justifying Narratives, Legitimising Mechanisms""

""V. Interpreting Gender and Cultural Specificities: Decoding the Power of Masculine Constructs in Panchayats, Punjab""""VI. Gender Positioning within the Cultural Support Structures""; ""VII. Policy and Practice: Negotiating the Politics of Gender in Identity-based Exchange""; ""VIII. Constructing Gender Capital for Gender Justice""; ""Annexure""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Author""; ""Index""