Defining Girlhood in India: A Transnational History of Sexual Maturity Laws

by Ashwini Tambe

Book Overview

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. Over the last century, the country shifted the legal age of marriage from twelve, among the lowest in the world, to eighteen, at the high end of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025208456X
• ISBN13: 9780252084560
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"