The Age of Sex: Custom, Law, and Ritual in Twentieth-Century East Africa
The Age of Sex: Custom, Law, and Ritual in Twentieth-Century East Africa by Corrie Decker ’98 examines connections between rites of passage and chronological age, how resulting stereotypes influenced how colonial and postcolonial court officials decided age-of-consent and other sex crime cases, and how the question of when childhood ends sparked extensive debates about gender, race, and development.
(2025, University of Wisconsin Press)
