This revised edition of a book originally published in 1981 studies one culture's ability to shape family attitudes toward children. Miller herein determines how and why the treatment of children in a certain part of Northern India is based upon their gender. The ritualistic practice of female infanticide is presented with ethnographic depth and accuracy.
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This revised edition of a book originally published in 1981 studies one culture's ability to shape family attitudes toward children. Miller herein determines how and why the treatment of children in a certain part of Northern India is based upon their gender. The ritualistic practice of female infanticide is presented with ethnographic depth and accuracy.
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VG in VG DJ. Study of the reason for the higher numbers of males in the northwestern plains region of rural Indian with the most. Skews in the higher castes. Rather than the outright female infanticide of a century ago, there is now deliberate neglect and discrimination against females by the allocation of food, medical care and love. Miller attributes this in part to the low demand for and use of female labor in agriculture in the Northwest and large dowry costs.
