Marriage by Force?: Contestation over Consent and Coercion in Africa

by Benjamin N . Lawrance (Author), RichardL.Roberts (Author), Benjamin N . Lawrance (Editor), RichardL.Roberts (Editor), Doris Buss (Foreword), Annie Bunting (Author), Annie Bunting (Editor), EmilyS.Burrill (Afterword)

• New

  Hardcover
  2016

  $96.00

  Despite international human rights decrees condemning it, marriage by force persists to this day. In this volume, the editors bring together legal scholars, anthropologists, historians, and development workers to explore the range of forced marriage practices in sub-Saharan Africa.