Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Mapping Knowledges of Son Preference; 2 Son Preference in the Colonial and Postcolonial; 3 Figuring Out Son Preference; 4 Anti-Female Foeticide: Between Activism and Orthodoxy; 5 Narratives of Reproductive Choice and Culture in the Diaspora; 6 Girl Talk: Cultural Change and Challenge Through the Eyes of Young Women in Contemporary Punjab; Conclusion by way of Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Son Preference provides an accessible and highly engaging exploration of why male children are favoured in South Asian culture and what effects this has
