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Neoliberalising Nature: Elephant Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana (2010)
Journal Article
Duffy, R., & Moore, L. (2010). Neoliberalising Nature: Elephant Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 42(3), 742-766. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00771.x

This paper examines the case of elephant-back safaris in Thailand and Botswana; it argues that tourism has extended and deepened neoliberalism by targeting and opening up new frontiers in nature. In essence tourism redesigns and repackages nature for... Read More about Neoliberalising Nature: Elephant Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana.

Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia (2010)
Book
Purewal, N. (2010). Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia. Berg. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474215534

The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions... Read More about Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia.

Women’s ‘Popular’ Practices as Critique: Vernacular Religion in Indian and Pakistani Punjab (2010)
Journal Article
Purewal, N., & Kalra, V. S. (2010). Women’s ‘Popular’ Practices as Critique: Vernacular Religion in Indian and Pakistani Punjab. Women's Studies International Forum, 33(4), 383-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2010.02.012

This article highlights women's popular spiritual practices in Punjab and examines how spiritual rituals and events performed, largely by women are either conveniently overlooked by religious authorities or seen as contentious by more rigid perspecti... Read More about Women’s ‘Popular’ Practices as Critique: Vernacular Religion in Indian and Pakistani Punjab.