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Sex-Selective Abortion in India Gender, Society and New Reproductive Technologies

This collection of 11 essays unravels the reasons for the depleting child sex. ratio in India. The contributors, all distinguished demographers and social scientists, . describe the political economy of sentiments and sexual mores that leads parents. to kill unborn daughters. The contributors examine ways in which reproductive technologies, such as, . the ultrasound, are misused at the family, community and state levels. In this. alarming scenario, the volume highlights both the participation and defiance. of the various authorities dealing with reproduction, health services and the. problem of.

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  • "This collection of 11 essays unravels the reasons for the depleting child sex. ratio in India. The contributors, all distinguished demographers and social scientists, . describe the political economy of sentiments and sexual mores that leads parents. to kill unborn daughters. The contributors examine ways in which reproductive technologies, such as, . the ultrasound, are misused at the family, community and state levels. In this. alarming scenario, the volume highlights both the participation and defiance. of the various authorities dealing with reproduction, health services and the. problem of."@en
  • "Revised version of papers presented at a workshop organised by Dept. of Sociology, University of Delhi in October 2003."
  • "Revised version of papers presented at a workshop organised by Dept. of Sociology, University of Delhi in October 2003."@en

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  • "Sex-selective abortion in India : gender, society and new reproductive technologies"
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  • "Sex-selective abortion in India gender, society and new reproductive technologies"