Gender, identity and violence :

Dagar, Rainuka,

Gender, identity and violence : female deselection in India / Rainuka Dagar. - New Delhi Routledge Taylor and Francis 2019 - xxii, 324 pages : map ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-311) and index.

Mapping child deselection through a civilisational periscope
Debates on gender violence, Identity and rights: implications for female deselection
Girl Child Deselection: disappearance and invisibility in the context of Punjab
Justifying narratives, legitimising mechanisms
Interpreting gender and cultural specificities: decoding the power of masculine constructs in Panchayats, Punjab
Gender positioning withing the cultural support structures
Policy and practices: Negotiating the politics of gender in identity-based exchange
Constructing gender capital for gender justice

9781138020283 9781138349445

Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

2014362506


Female feticide--India.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for--India.
Women--Violence against--India.

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