Bibliography for for Female Infanticide in India
Compiled by Ericka Schnitzer
Balakrishnan, Radhika.
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Bumiller, Elisabeth.
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of India. New York: Random
House, 1990.
George, Sabu M.
Female Infanticide in Tamil Nadu, India: From Recognition Back to
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Ghadially, Rehana and Pramod Kumar, Bride Burning:
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Harlan, Lindsey.
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Jeeva, M., Gandhimathi and Phavalam. Female
Infanticide: Philosophy, Perspective and Concern of SIRD, at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/suchana/0909/rh057.html.
Kasturi, Malavika.
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Kinsley, David R. Hinduism: A Cultural Perspective.
(New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1993).
Krishnakumar, Asha.
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Miller, Barbara D.
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University, 1985.
Muthulakshmi, R.
Female Infanticide, Its Causes and Solutions. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, 1997.
Oberman, Michelle.
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Pande, Mrinal. A
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Panigrahi, Lalita.
British Social Policy and Female Infanticide in India.
New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1972.
Philip, Mini. The
Endangered Half: India’s Declining Female Sex Ratio, Its History,
and Social Implications. New
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Rajalakshmi, T.K.
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at http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1912/19120420.htm
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New Delhi: Trimurti Publications, 1975.
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Wadley, Susan. Women
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Weiss, Gail. Sex
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Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.
Wilson, John. History
of the Suppression of Infanticide in Western India Under the Government of
Bombay, Including Notices of the Provinces and Tribes in Which the
Practice Has Prevailed. Bombay:
Smith, Taylor, 1855
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