Purewal, Navtej K.

Son preference: sex selection, gender and culture in South Asia/ Navtej K. Purewal - New York: Berg, 2010. - xvii, 142 p. ; 24 cm.

Mapping knowledges of son preference --
Son preference in the colonial and postcolonial --
'Figuring out' son preference --
Anti-female foeticide: between activism and orthodoxy --
Narratives of reproductive choice and culture in the diaspora --
Girl talk: cultural change and challenge through the eyes of young women in contemporary Punjab.

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Sex discrimination against women
Daughters
Sons
Parent and child

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