Gender, Identity and Violence: Female Deselection in India

The missing girls in India are not a new phenomenon. The British passed an Act to check female infanticide more than 100 years ago. Since 1960, India's birth sex ratios have progressively declined from 994 to 910, implicating life-affecting gender violence. Backed by extensive field research, data and interviews, this book explores girl child desel

• | Author: Rainuka Dagar
• | Publisher: Routledge India
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 348 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0367176726
• | ISBN-13: 9780367176723