ISBN:
9780813541389
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0813541387
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 373 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Transcultural bodies
DDC:
392.1
Keywords:
Female circumcision
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Infibulation
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Orgasm
;
physiology
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Afrika
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Anthropology, Cultural
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Circumcision, Female
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Orgasm physiology
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Female circumcision
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Infibulation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
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MEDICAL ; Gynecology & Obstetrics
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions
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Kulturanthropologie
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Beschneidung
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Afrika
;
Electronic book
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Female "circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a practice that has generated international dispute and continues to be at the center of debates over women's rights, the limits of cultural pluralism, the balance of power between local cultures, international human rights, and feminist activism. In our increasingly globalized world, these practices have also begun immigrating to other nations, where transnational complexities vex debates about how to resolve the issue. Bringing together thirteen essays, Transcultural Bodies provides an ethnographically rich exploration of FGC among African diasporas in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women's voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-360) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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