Gender Bias in the Past and Future in Asia
Date
Fri November 5th 2010, 9:00am
Event Sponsor
Department of Anthropology
Location
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
“Son Preferences & the Status of Women in China & India”
9 am – noon: speakers
o Isabelle Attané (L'Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques)
Born as a Woman in China: A Life-Long Burden?
o Donald Attwood (McGill University)
Marriage in Maharashtra (India): The Logic of Durable Alliance and How it Protects Women
o Laurel Bossen (McGill University)
Asymmetric Inheritance and China's Daughter Deficit: All Demography is Local
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: respondents and open discussion
o Gail Hershatter (UC Santa Cruz)
o Judith Banister (the Conference Board)
o Thomas Blom Hansen (Stanford University)
Contact Email
kaijim [at] stanford.edu
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