基本説明
Analyses the corollaries of declining fertility in Southern India.
Full Description
Describes and analyses the corollaries of declining fertility in Southern India to discover how familial and gender relations are affected by the new situation of women giving birth only to 2-3 children.
Contents
Chapter 1 Contextualizing Fertility; Chapter 2 Little Hungry Bellies: Children as Consumers; Chapter 3 An Ethnography of Fertility Practices; Chapter 4 Marital Relations: 'It's Dangerous to Love Your Husband!'; Chapter 5 The Familial Web of Domination and Challenge; Chapter 6 Gendered Children: Son for the Sake of the Name; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Delivering Lakshmi;