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Defining girlhood in India : a transnational history of sexual maturity law /

At what age does girlhood end and adulthood begin? This question vexes the modern practice of setting legal age standards for sexual consent. Societies across region and time have varied in defining when girls reach sexual maturity, and indeed they differentiate across contexts. Laws on prostitution...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tambe, Ashwini (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Teenage girls > India > Social conditions.
Age of consent > India > History.
Adolescence > India > History.
Adulthood > India > History.
Feminism > India > History.

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