Scarce women and surplus men in China and India : macro demographics versus local dynamics /: macro demographics versus local dynamics. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sharada Srinivasan, Shuzhuo Li, editors.
• Other Names: Srinivasan, Sharada; Li, Shuzhuo, 1963-
• Contents: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1: Unifying Perspectives on Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Sex Ratio Imbalance in China and India""; ""1.3 Approaches to Understanding Consequences of Scarce Women and Surplus Men""; ""1.4 Daughter Deficit and What Else?""; ""1.4.1 Educated and Unemployed""; ""1.4.2 What Women Want""; ""1.5 Main Themes Emerging from the Present Collection and Contribution to Literature""; ""1.5.1 Numbers and Meanings at the Local Level""; ""1.5.2 Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Empowerment and Daughter Preference"" ""1.6 Dealing with Impacts of Scarce Women and Surplus Men""""References""; ""Chapter 2: Being â#x80;#x98;Bare Branchesâ#x80;#x99;: Demographic Imbalance, Marriage Exclusion and Masculinity in North India""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Study Area and Data Collection""; ""2.3 Existing Literature on Indian Masculinity""; ""2.3.1 Hegemonic Masculinity in Rural North India: Linking Marriage and Sexuality""; ""2.4 Bachelors as â#x80;#x98;Ã#x87;hadeâ#x80;#x99;: The Discourse of Violence and the Missing Dimension of Age""; ""2.5 Crisis of Bachelorhood""; ""2.6 Bojh and Majbur: Perception of Bachelors"" ""2.7 The â#x80;#x98;Newâ#x80;#x99; Social Strategies of Bachelors""""2.8 Concluding Remarks""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Household Division, Intra-generational Inequality and Marriage Prospects of Single Men in Multi-son Families in Rural China""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Household Division""; ""3.3 Data""; ""3.4 Profile of Single Men""; ""3.5 Intra-generational Inequality Among Single Men""; ""3.5.1 Family Events and Failure to Marry""; ""3.5.2 Household Division and Failure to Marry""; ""3.5.3 Family Institution, Failure to Marry and Resource Deprivation""; ""3.6 Concluding Remarks"" ""Chapter 5: â#x80;#x9C;Now It Is Difficult to Get Marriedâ#x80;#x9D;: Contextualising Cross-Regional Marriage and Bachelorhood in a North Indian Village""""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 The Demographic Context: Sex Ratios and Marriageability""; ""5.3 Methods and Fieldsite""; ""5.4 Masculinities: Hegemonic, Subordinate and Marginalised""; ""5.5 Unable to Marry: The Unemployed Jat Man""; ""5.6 Jat Responses to the Difficulties Faced: Bachelorhood or Cross-Regional Marriage?""; ""5.7 At the Bottom of the Eligibility Hierarchy: The Chamar Brick-Kiln Worker""
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (169 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.420951; Sex discrimination against women -- China; Women -- China -- Social conditions; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Population; Sex discrimination against women; Women -- Social conditions; Social Sciences; Demography; Population Economics; Gender Studies; China -- Population; China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319632759; 3319632752
• Related ISBNs: 9783319632742; 3319632744
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: ""References""""Chapter 4: â#x80;#x98;Who Said I Was a Forced Bachelor?â#x80;#x99; Single Menâ#x80;#x99;s Voices and Strategies in Rural China""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Context and Approach""; ""4.3 Data""; ""4.3.1 Study Locations""; ""4.3.2 The Fieldwork""; ""4.4 Mobility, Location and Gendered Opportunities for Marriage""; ""4.5 Strategies for Seeking Spouses""; ""4.5.1 The Old Generation: Conventional and Alternative Approaches to Marriage""; ""4.5.2 The Young Generation: Spouse-Seeking on Motorcycles""; ""4.5.3 Uxorilocal Marriage: An Alternative?""; ""4.6 Conclusion""; ""References""; Note: Print version record.
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