Endangered Daughters
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Abnormal Sex Ratios
anthropological demography
asia
Author_Elizabeth Croll
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Daughter Discrimination
decline
discrimination
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excessive
Excessive Female Mortality
Familial Resources
family planning policies
female
Female Child Mortality
female child survival analysis
Female Infanticide
Female Mortality
fertility
Fertility Decline
gender equity in Asia
gendered childhood mortality
Girl Child
Gu Baochang
High Sex Ratios
Inter-generational Contract
Intergenerational Contracts
Juvenile Sex Ratios
mortality
Normal Sex Ratio
preference
qualitative field studies
Reduced Son Preference
reproductive decision-making
Rising Sex Ratios
Sex Selective Abortion
Single Child Family Policy
Socio-economic Development
Socioeconomic Development
son
Son Preference
south
Tamil Nadu
Women's Federation
Women’s Federation
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415247658
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Dec 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknowledged across the world.
It asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this emotive and sensitive issue, Elisabeth Croll investigates the extent of discrimination against female children in Asia and shifts the focus of attention firmly from son-preference to daughter-discrimination.
This book brings together demographic data and anthropological field studies to reveal the multiple ways in which girls are disadvantaged, from excessive child mortality to the withholding of health care and education on the basis of gender. Focusing especially on China and India, the book reveals the surprising coincidence of increasing daughter discrimination with rising economic development, declining fertility and the generally improved status of women in East and South Asia. Essential reading for all those interested in gender in contemporary society.
