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1. 1. Politics of Reproduction: A Post-Colonial Feminist Analysis of the 'Missing Girl' Phenomenon in India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Rini Fernandes; [2013]
   Keywords : missing girls; politics of reproduction; sex-selective abortion; modernity; PNDT Act 1994; New Reproductive Technologies NRTs ; population policy discourse; post-colonial feminism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract: The controversial issue of ‘missing girls’ has been a cause of concern since the time of the British rule in India. Most research studies pointed towards a demographic pattern of its occurrence, the Northwestern plains of India saw an alarming scarcity of girl children. READ MORE