TY - BOOK AU - Dagar,Rainuka TI - Gender, identity and violence: female deselection in India SN - 9781138020283 U1 - 305.42/DAG PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - Routledge Taylor and Francis KW - Female feticide KW - India KW - Sex of children, Parental preferences for KW - Women KW - Violence against N1 - 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 ER -