Defining Girlhood in India
"By employing a transnational feminist lens to investigate sexual maturity laws that informed the idea of girlhood, this book represents a significant contribution to the field of girlhood studies." --Contemporary South Asia
At what age do girls gain the maturity to make sexual choices? This question provokes especially vexed debates in India, where early marriage is a widespread practice. India has served as a focal problem site in NGO campaigns and intergovernmental conferences setting age standards for sexual maturity. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Illinois Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 218
- ISBN
- 9780252042720
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
"By employing a transnational feminist lens to investigate sexual maturity laws that informed the idea of girlhood, this book represents a significant contribution to the field of girlhood studies." --Contemporary South Asia
"Defining Girlhood weaves an otherwise rich and extensive tale of the 'girl child' as a rapidly morphing but always potent signifier in Indian and international politics." --Journal of Asian Studies
"Defining Girlhood in India emerges as a well-timed and much-needed genealogy of the girl child as a political subject. . . . Beautifully written and organized." --Progress in Development Studies
"Ashwini Tambe’s Defining Girlhood in India is eloquently written, empirically grounded, and persuasively argued." --Journal of Women's History