Culture, Gender Bias and Beliefs Surrounding the 'Nakusa' Girls of Maharashtra

V P, Shijith and T V, Sekher (2015) Culture, Gender Bias and Beliefs Surrounding the 'Nakusa' Girls of Maharashtra. Economic and political weekly, L (46-47). pp. 75-78. ISSN 0012-9976

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Abstract

In rural Maharashtra, many parents have named their daughters "Nakusa/Nakoshi." In Marathi that means "unwanted." The parents hope the next child will be a boy. Most of these girls are the third or fourth daughters of their parents and their names have caused them socio-psychological problems. A study of such families in the villages of Satara District forms the basis of this article.

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IITH Creators:	IITH Creators ORCiD
Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Nakusa, socio-psychological
Subjects:	Others > Psychology Social sciences > Asian Studies
Divisions:	Department of Liberal Arts
Depositing User:	Team Library
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2015 11:04
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2015 11:04
URI:	http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/2058
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OA policy:	http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0012-9976/
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