Gender, Identity and Violence

Rainuka Dagar is Director (Research), Gender Studies Unit, at the Institute for Development and Communication (IDC), India, and Program Director with Altus Global Alliance, The Hague.

• Foreword Pramod Kumar. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Mapping Child Deselection through a Civilisational Periscope II. Debates on Gender Violence, Identity and Rights: Implications for Female Deselection III. Girl Child Deselection: Disappearance and Invisibility in the Context of Punjab IV. Justifying Narratives, Legitimising Mechanisms V. Interpreting Gender and Cultural Specificities: Decoding the Power of Masculine Constructs in Panchayats, Punjab VI. Gender Positioning within the Cultural Support Structures VII. Policy and Practice: Negotiating the Politics of Gender in Identity-based Exchange VIII. Constructing Gender Capital for Gender Justice. Annexure. Notes. Bibliography. About the Author. Index

‘[S]timulating, analytical and backed by empirical evidence. A valuable contribution to understanding the dynamics of social formation, identity construction and institutional mechanisms affecting individual life chances and gender inequalities.’ — Randhir Singh, Former Professor of Political Theory, University of Delhi