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This revised edition of a book originally published in 1981 studies the power of a culture that shapes 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.Miller, Barbara is the author of 'Endangered Sex: Neglect of Female Children in Rural North India', published 1981 under ISBN 9780801413711 and ISBN 0801413710.
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