Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia

by Navtej Kaur Purewal

Book Overview

The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions illustrate the gendered outcomes of social power relations as they interact and intersect with culture, economy and technologies.

Son Preference brings together key debates on the subject...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845204670
• ISBN13: 9781845204679
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"