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UNINA9910827293903321 |
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Autore |
Larsen Mattias. |
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Titolo |
Vulnerable daughters in India : culture, development, and changing contexts / / Mattias Larsen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New Delhi : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-52054-0 |
9786613832993 |
0-203-15027-9 |
1-136-51599-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Female feticide - India |
Sex of children, Parental preferences for - India |
Women - India - Social conditions |
Families - India |
Daughters - India |
Sexism - India |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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