03128oam 2200721I 450 991082729390332120240516212759.01-283-52054-097866138329930-203-15027-91-136-51599-210.4324/9780203150276 (CKB)2670000000230933(EBL)987981(OCoLC)804661411(SSID)ssj0000697112(PQKBManifestationID)11363615(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697112(PQKBWorkID)10690144(PQKB)11581971(MiAaPQ)EBC987981(Au-PeEL)EBL987981(CaPaEBR)ebr10588985(CaONFJC)MIL383299(OCoLC)809833101(FINmELB)ELB135196(EXLCZ)99267000000023093320180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVulnerable daughters in India culture, development, and changing contexts /Mattias Larsen1st ed.New Delhi :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (251 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-59751-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index.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; IndexIn 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 importance of these very same factors. This contradiction entails an uncertainty over sons fulfilling expectations whichFemale feticideIndiaSex of children, Parental preferences forIndiaWomenIndiaSocial conditionsFamiliesIndiaDaughtersIndiaSexismIndiaFemale feticideSex of children, Parental preferences forWomenSocial conditions.FamiliesDaughtersSexism306.850954Larsen Mattias.1646891MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827293903321Vulnerable daughters in India3994136UNINA