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Author Dagar, Rainuka

Title Gender, Identity and Violence : Female Deselection in India
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (349 pages)
Contents 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 StructuresVII. 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
Notes Print version record
Subject Abortion -- India
Infanticide -- India
Sex discrimination against women -- India
Abortion
Infanticide
Sex discrimination against women
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315661933
1315661934