It is a delight to chance upon a book that deals with valued daughters by Alice Clark…the author should be congratulated for placing her analysis in a layered and textured frame, not overlooking the ambiguities and contrary subtleties that prevail in the societal milieu in India. Apart from the academics from gender studies, sociology, demography and education, the book offers useful reference for members of the civil society and NGOs.
Valued Daughters traces the spread of ambition for lifetime careers among young women in urban India, who are changing and effecting change by stepping out of their traditional roles to pursue higher education and jobs… The book is useful to researchers and students of women’s studies, social anthropology and demography, gender studies and development studies.