UID:
almafu_9959797921302883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 202 pages) :
,
illustrations
Edition:
First.
ISBN:
0-252-05158-0
Series Statement:
Illinois scholarship online
Content:
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 global spectrum. Ashwini Tambe illuminates the ideas that shaped such shifts.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-252-04272-7
Language:
English
