All Outputs (14)

Population Control and Sex Selective Abortion in China and India: A Feminist Critique of Criminalization (2023)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N., & Eklund, L. (2023). Population Control and Sex Selective Abortion in China and India: A Feminist Critique of Criminalization. In M. Dawson, & S. Mobayed (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook on Femicide/Feminicide. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003202332-33

This chapter outlines some of the key concerns with criminalising sex-selective abortion (SSA) in China and India, highlighting that it offers no identifiable options for sustainable, women-centred, progressive change. Instead, the criminalisation of... Read More about Population Control and Sex Selective Abortion in China and India: A Feminist Critique of Criminalization.

Flying High or Lying Low? The Moral Economy of Young Women in Higher Education in Punjab, India (2019)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N., & Gill, M. K. (2019). Flying High or Lying Low? The Moral Economy of Young Women in Higher Education in Punjab, India. In V. Sachdeva, Q. Pradhan, & A. Venugopalan (Eds.), Identities in South Asia: Conflicts and Assertions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429031953-6

This chapter explores young women’s participation in higher education as a reflection of changes and challenges to the moral economy currently taking place in the Indian state of Punjab. With its renowned capitalist agricultural development as well a... Read More about Flying High or Lying Low? The Moral Economy of Young Women in Higher Education in Punjab, India.

Pilgrimage: Sikhism (2017)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N. (2017). Pilgrimage: Sikhism. In A.-P. Mandair (Ed.), Sikhism. Springer Nature

Pakistan's Religious Others: Reflections on the Minority Discourse on Christians in Punjab (2015)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N., & Kamran, T. (2015). Pakistan's Religious Others: Reflections on the Minority Discourse on Christians in Punjab. In R. D. Long, Y. Samad, G. Singh, & I. Talbot (Eds.), State and Nation-building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security. Routledge

Sikh Kirtan in the Diaspora: Identity, Innovation and Revivalism (2013)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N., & Lallie, H. S. (2013). Sikh Kirtan in the Diaspora: Identity, Innovation and Revivalism. In M. Hawley (Ed.), The Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience (381-403). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004257238

Diasporic Shrines: Transnational Networks linking South Asia through Pilgrimage and Welfare Development (2013)
Book Chapter
Kalra, V. S., Ibad, U., & Purewal, N. (2013). Diasporic Shrines: Transnational Networks linking South Asia through Pilgrimage and Welfare Development. In T. T. Yong, & M. M. Rahman (Eds.), Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia. Palgrave Macmillan

Gender, Seva and Social Institutions: A Case Study of the Bebe Nanaki Gurdwara and Charitable Trust, Birmingham, U.K (2009)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N. (2009). Gender, Seva and Social Institutions: A Case Study of the Bebe Nanaki Gurdwara and Charitable Trust, Birmingham, U.K. In V. Dusenbery, & D. S. Tatla (Eds.), Sikh Diaspora Philanthropy in Punjab: Global Giving for Local Good. Oxford University Press

Postcolonial History: Butalia’s The Other Side of Silence (2009)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N. (2009). Postcolonial History: Butalia’s The Other Side of Silence. In F. Devine, & S. Heath (Eds.), Doing Social Science: Evidence and Methods in Empirical Research. Palgrave Macmillan

Gender-Caste Intersectionality in the Experiences of the Partition for the Urban Poor of Amritsar (2008)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N. (2008). Gender-Caste Intersectionality in the Experiences of the Partition for the Urban Poor of Amritsar. In U. Butalia (Ed.), A Sense of the Past: Women Writing on the Partition of India. Zubaan Press

Origins and Contours of the Population Debate: Inequality, Population Politics, and NGOs (2004)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N., & Patel, T. (2004). Origins and Contours of the Population Debate: Inequality, Population Politics, and NGOs. In M. Romero, & E. Margolis (Eds.), The Blackwell Companion on Social Inequalities. Blackwell Publishing

Re-producing South Asian Wom(b)en: Female Feticide and the Spectacle of Culture (2003)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N. (2003). Re-producing South Asian Wom(b)en: Female Feticide and the Spectacle of Culture. In N. Puwar, & P. Raghuram (Eds.), South Asian Women in the Diaspora. New York University Press

Reproducing Inequality: Women, Population and Structural Adjustment (2002)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N. (2002). Reproducing Inequality: Women, Population and Structural Adjustment. In P. Ortiz Rocha de Arago, & P. Glavanis (Eds.), Globalização e ajuste estrutural : impactos sócio-econômicos = Globalisation and Structural Adjustment: Social and Economic Impacts. Editora Universitaria, University of Paraiba

New Roots for Rights: Women's Voices amidst Population and Development Strategies (2001)
Book Chapter
Purewal, N. (2001). New Roots for Rights: Women's Voices amidst Population and Development Strategies. In S. Rowbotham, & S. Linkogle (Eds.), Women Resist Globalization: Movements for Livelihoods and Rights. Zed Books

The Strut of the Peacock: Partition, Travel and the Indo-Pak Border (1999)
Book Chapter
Kalra, V. S., & Purewal, N. (1999). The Strut of the Peacock: Partition, Travel and the Indo-Pak Border. In J. Hutnyk, & R. Kaur (Eds.), Travel-Worlds: Journeys in Contemporary Cultural Politics. Zed Books