"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…
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 standar…
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 standar…
"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…
"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…
Extrait de la couverture : "[This document] offers an innovative iinterpretation of the role that gender played in defining the Indian state during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing on both British and Indian literary texts - primarily novels - produced between 1857 a…
Extrait de la couverture : "[This document] offers an innovative iinterpretation of the role that gender played in defining the Indian state during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing on both British and Indian literary texts - primarily novels - produced between 1857 a…
Explores the relation of gender and nation in postcolonial writing about India.
Explores the relation of gender and nation in postcolonial writing about India.
