Love, Labour and Law
Early and Child Marriage in India , edited by Samita Sen and Anindita Ghosh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12583258 |
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| Authors | Shraddha Chaudhary (0000-0001-7810-0819, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Law Policy and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-9939 • E-ISSN: 1464-3707 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/lawfam/ebab024 |
| OpenAlex | W3176506105 |
| Language | EN |
Love, Labour and Law: Early and Child Marriage in India comes at an opportune time, adding to the global momentum against child, early, and forced marriage.1 Ranging from the 19th century to the present day, it is a thorough examination of the efforts of one of the key players in the battle against child and early marriage. South Asia is home to three of the top 12 countries with the highest burden of child and early marriage,2 with India accounting for one in every three child brides as of 2014.3 This collection of essays edited by Sen and Ghosh provides a comprehensive overview and detailed analysis of the most significant shifts in the discourse on child and early marriage in India. Public debate in the 19th and early 20th centuries saw dialectic contestations on child marriage in the Indian subcontinent4: as an issue (from the
Ancient history · Battle · Child labour · Child marriage · Dialectic · Marriage law · Political science · Population · Sociology · Theology · Work (physics · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Engineering · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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