Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time,
certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second …

Intersectional analyses represent an enormously important advance in understanding how
people identify whether as individuals, families or other social groups. However, the …

Objectives: This study examined what percentage of Chinese mothers during a three-year
postpartum period were screened for postpartum depression and explored the correlation …

China and India, two countries with skewed sex ratios in favor of males, have introduced a
wide range of policies over the past few decades to prevent couples from deselecting …

In the mid-1990s, the international community pronounced prenatal sex selection via
abortion an “act of violence against women” and “unethical.” At the same time, new …

It has been shown time and again that even though all citizens may be accorded equal
standing in the constitution of a liberal democracy, such a legal provision hardly guarantees …

Based on life history narratives of 57 women in India and interviews with 21 practitioners, we
document the neglect, abuse, and instrumental deprivation of women's rights through the …

This article focuses upon perceptions of girls' education in the family context within which
decisions around children's education and opportunities are made. The article presents a …

Background Marriage is a key determinant of health and well-being of adolescent girls and
young women (AGYW) in India. It is a key life event in which girls move to their marital …

How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production?
This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical …