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The Demographic Masculinization of China (Record no. 15463)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783319002361
978-3-319-00236-1
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Classification number HB848-3697
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Classification number 304.6
Edition number 23
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-- Heidelberg :
-- Springer International Publishing :
-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2013.
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Personal name Attané, Isabelle.
Relator term author.
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Title The Demographic Masculinization of China
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Hoping for a Son /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Isabelle Attané.
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Extent XVIII, 198 p. 29 illus.
Other physical details online resource.
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Title INED Population Studies,
International Standard Serial Number 2214-2452 ;
Volume number/sequential designation 1
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- Part one: Visible Demographic Discrimination: Chapter 1: Overview -- Chapter 2: Why are there more Boys than Girls? -- Chapter 3: A Geography of Discrimination -- Chapter 4: Discrimination against Girls in Early Childhood -- Chapter 5: Life-Long Inequality -- Appendices: Appendix 1: Maternal Mortality -- Appendix 2: Women and Suicide -- Appendix 3: Female-to-male ratio of Probabilities of Dying in Different Age Groups at a Given Level of Male Life Expectancy at Birth in Various Countries -- Chapter 6: A Phenomenon not Unique in China -- Part Two: A System of Norms and Values that Favours Males -- Chapter 7: The Status of Women in Traditional Chinese Societies -- Chapter 8: Women, Feminism and Femininity -- Appendix: Five Pilot Implementations of the "Care for Girls" Campaign -- Chapter 9: Persistent Social and Economic Disparities -- Chapter 10: Discriminatory Practices and Factors in Masculinization -- Chapter 11: Familial and Socioeconomic Reasons behind Discrimination -- Conclusion: What Demographic Perspectives for China and the World? -- References.
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Summary, etc This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and youth, and the excess mortality of women at various stages of their life. The author analyzes the causes and the processes of a strong preference for sons, which generates discrimination toward females and results in a shortage of girls and women.   China’s higher proportion of men than women is a population characteristic that is shared by very few countries in the world. This demographic masculinity is unprecedented in the documented history of human populations, both in scale and its lasting impact on the numbers and the structure of the population.   Despite the economic boom of recent years, many families in China still consider girls to be less important than boys. Although Chinese women have become largely emancipated since the 1950s, they still do not have the same opportunities for social achievement as men, and Chinese society remains fundamentally rooted in highly gendered social and family roles. As a consequence, Chinese girl babies who have the misfortune to be born instead of a long-awaited son go by various names, such as Pandi (literally "awaiting a son"), Laidi ("a son will follow"), or Yehao ("she'll do too").   The book provides a comprehensive review of the situation of women in China’s society and shows that discrimination against girls and women is part of a system of norms and values that traditionally favours males.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Statistics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Population.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Demography.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Developmental psychology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Demography.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Gender Studies.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Population Economics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9783319002354
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00236-1
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Source of classification or shelving scheme
Item type E-Book
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2014-04-02AUM Main Library2014-04-02 2014-04-02 E-Book   AUM Main Library304.6

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