Son Preference

Examines key debates and offers new approaches on this highly controversial topic Contains a wide range of material from India as well as diasporas in the UK and US Covers a variety of issues relating to son preference, including political activism, the effect of new technologies and how population demography is affected Also available in hardback, 9781845204679 GBP55.00 (April 2010)

The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensionsThe 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 of son preference by assessing existing work in the field and providing new insights through primary research. The book covers a broad range of social science discussions and draws upon textual and ethnographic material from India. Son Preference will be useful to students, scholars, activists and anyone interested in the issues surrounding gender inequity, sex selection and skewed sex ratios.