ISBN:
0857726005
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9780857726001
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9780857739445
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 234 pages)
Series Statement:
Library of Modern Middle East Studies 170
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Malmström, Maria Frederika Politics of female circumcision in Egypt
DDC:
392.1
Keywords:
Female circumcision
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Female circumcision
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
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Egypt
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Egypte
Abstract:
"The percentage of women aged 15-49 in Egypt who have undergone the procedure of female circumcision, or genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) stands at 91%, according to the latest research carried out by UNICEF. Female circumcision has become a global political minefield with 'Western' interventions affecting Egyptian politics and social development, not least in the area of democracy and human rights. Maria Frederika Malmstrom employs an ethnographic approach to this controversial issue, with the aim of understanding how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, and the central role which female circumcision plays in this process. Viewing the concept of 'agency' as critical to the examination of social and cultural trends in the region, Malmstrom explores the lived experiences and social meanings of circumcision and femininity as narrated by women from Cairo. It is through the examination of the voices of these women that she offers an analysis of gender identity in Egypt and its impact on women's sexuality."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Abstract:
Front cover; Author biography; Endorsements; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction Female Circumcision in Modern Cairo; 1. The Politics of 'Female Genital Mutilation' in Egypt; 2. Women's Voices; 3. Moral Sexuality: Creating Female Subjects as Wives and Mothers; 4. Bearing the Pain: The Moral Lesson of Womanhood; 5. The Continuous Making of Pure Womanhood: Cooking, Depilating and Circumcising; 6. Concluding Discussion: The Embeddedness of Female Circumcision; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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