There were several things I noticed in the video Dadi's Family that related well to the readings that we have been using in class. I will proceed to show three of these relations that were the most intriguing to me.

In Robbie E. Davis-Floyd's article entitled "Gender and Ritual- Giving Birth the American Way," one of the first things he/she (I wasn't sure) states was that, "the way a society treats pregnancy and childbirth reveals a great deal about the way that society treats women." (Davis-Floyd 403) I thought this was significant in relation to the movie because Dadi mentioned several things about having Children in the fi

After reading about the prevalence of 2nd and third degree malnutrition in Ludhiana, the Punjab, I was bothered extremely and while there was no mention of such malnutrition in the movie, I wonder if the system of having a daughter in law being the leader in a society that celebrates male babies, not female babies is more effective at preventing this malnutrition. It would seem to me that it would be more effective because while the boys are a source of wealth in Dadi's Culture, the Female are a source in family leadership thus in some ways giving both genders very important and necessary functions. If the female were not considered to be the leader, I wonder if there would be a higher level of malnutrition in Dadi's people.

On page 419 the text reads, "Women were another source of pressure. Although mos

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