Making the mark gender, identity, and genital cutting

Why do female genital cutting practices persist? How does circumcision affect the rights of girls in a culture where initiation forms the lynchpin of the ritual cycle at the core of defining gender, identity, and social and political status?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prazak, Miroslava (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press 2016.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; number 93.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37348310*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Trouble with witchcraft
  • Boys lead
  • Girls follow
  • Something different
  • Consoling, feasting, and coming out
  • Talk, talk, talk
  • Where do we go from here?
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : Bwirege circumcision sets.