ISBN:
1472428889
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9781472428882
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 214 S.
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Ill.
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24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
362.82/92
Keywords:
Abused women / Developing countries
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Sex discrimination against women / Developing countries
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Women / Developing countries / Social conditions
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Women's rights / Developing countries
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Abused women
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Women / Social conditions
;
Women's rights
;
Entwicklungsländer
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Frau
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Verstümmelung
;
Menschenrechtsverletzung
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Diskriminierung
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Ethnologie
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Frau
;
Developing countries
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Frau
;
Diskriminierung
;
Verstümmelung
;
Menschenrechtsverletzung
;
Ethnologie
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to "harmful cultural practices" / Chia Longman and Tamsin Bradley -- Theorizing harmful cultural practices -- Interrogating the concept of "harmful cultural practices" / Chia Longman and Tamsin Bradley -- Harmful cultural practices : towards a research frame / Tamsin Bradley and Chia Longman -- Policy, legal developments and political discourse -- Harmful cultural practices and minority women : from headscarf bans to forced marriages and honour related violence / Chia Longman and Gily Coene -- "Narratives of blame" surrounding HIV and AIDS eradication policies and sexual cultural practices in Malawi / Samantha Page -- Finding a seat on the bus : is the practice of sex segregation among ultra orthodox groups in Israel a harmful traditional practice under CEDAW? / Lisa Fishbayn Joffe -- From fgm to cosmetic genital surgery -- Transcending female circumcision : a call for collective unmasking / J. Wanjiku Khamasi -- Challenging mind-sets on FGM : the diverse voices of African women / Aisha Omar -- "The clitoris is in the head!" : female circumcision and the making of a harmful cultural practice in Egypt / Maria Malmström and An Van Raemdonck -- Vaginal practices across cultures : expressions of gender inequalities? / Emilomo Ogbe and Els Leye -- Globalization and emerging harmful cultural practices -- Dowry : a global view / Tamsin Bradley -- Lip-plates, "harm" debates, and the cultural rights of mursi (mun) women / Shauna L. LaTosky -- Epilogue: harm and well-being : cultural practices and harmful global practices / Ellen Gruenbaum -- Index
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