ISBN:
9789042030619
,
9789042025721
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxxii, 304 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Matatu no. 37
Parallel Title:
Print version Fearful Symmetries : Essays and Testimonies Around Excision and Circumcisio
DDC:
392.1
Keywords:
Female circumcision History
;
Circumcision History
;
Excision (Surgery)
;
Circumcision ; History
;
Excision (Surgery)
;
Female circumcision ; History
;
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Abstract:
Often labelled 'rituals' or 'customs', male circumcision and female excision are also irreversible amputations of human genitalia, with disastrous and at times life-long consequences for both males and females. However, scholars and activists alike have b
Description / Table of Contents:
section 1. Symmetries -- section 2. Anthropological wormholes -- section 3. On autobiographies -- section 4. Interviews and testimonies.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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