Ashwini Tambe is an associate professor of women's studies at the University of Maryland College Park, where she is also affiliate faculty in history and Asian American studies. She is the author of Codes of Misconduct: Regulating Prostitution in Late Colonial Bombay.
"Ashwini Tambe’s Defining Girlhood in India is eloquently written,
empirically grounded, and persuasively argued." --Journal of
Women's History "By employing a transnational feminist lens to
investigate sexual maturity laws that informed the idea of
girlhood, this book represents a significant contribution to the
field of girlhood studies." --Contemporary South Asia
"Defining Girlhood weaves an otherwise rich and extensive
tale of the 'girl child' as a rapidly morphing but always potent
signifier in Indian and international politics." --Journal of Asian
Studies
"Defining Girlhood in India emerges as a well-timed and
much-needed genealogy of the girl child as a political subject. . .
. Beautifully written and organized." --Progress in Development
Studies
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