Child Marriage, Community, and Adolescent Girls
The Salience of Tradition and Modernity in the Malda District of West Bengal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10560908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Biswajit Ghosh (0000-0002-8617-8250, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 307-326 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0229 • E-ISSN: 2457-0257 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038022920110206 |
| OpenAlex | W2559311573 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Marrying daughters early constitutes a part of social tradition in India and in the Malda district of West Bengal the practice is rampant though people at large know that it is illegal. Authoritarian and patriarchal social structure does not allow any free space to adolescent girls belonging particularly to certain sections who assign different reasons for the continuation of the practice. Ironically, impending gender and social issues do not find priority in the usual routine of political, community, and religious elites of rural Malda. This paper, based on field data, tries to analyze the responses of rural community to the practice of child marriage in order to explore alternatives to check this social evil
BENGAL · Geography · Modernity · Political science · Salience (neuroscience · Socioeconomics · Sociology · West bengal · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |