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Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community
Elizabeth Heger Boyle
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Description for Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community
Paperback. She concludes that while globalization may exacerbate such conflicts, it can ultimately lead to social change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition. While it typically produces a visceral response of horror and revulsion in Westerners, the practice is widely regarded in some cultures as essential for proper development into womanhood and is defended by women who have themselves experienced it and who have had the procedure performed on their own daughters. It is also perceived in many Islamic communities as religiously prescribed, although most Islamic clerics do not condone the ... Read more
The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition. While it typically produces a visceral response of horror and revulsion in Westerners, the practice is widely regarded in some cultures as essential for proper development into womanhood and is defended by women who have themselves experienced it and who have had the procedure performed on their own daughters. It is also perceived in many Islamic communities as religiously prescribed, although most Islamic clerics do not condone the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882630
SKU
V9780801882630
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About Elizabeth Heger Boyle
Elizabeth Heger Boyle is an associate professor of sociology and law at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community
Brilliant and richly informative... This book deserves to become a standard text in courses on cultural globalization and the cultural politics of gender.
Richard A. Shweder Amici 2003 Boyle uses qualitative and quantitative data at the international, national, and individual levels to demonstrate the complexities and conflict around changing institutionalized cultural practices such as female genital cutting. In doing ... Read more
Richard A. Shweder Amici 2003 Boyle uses qualitative and quantitative data at the international, national, and individual levels to demonstrate the complexities and conflict around changing institutionalized cultural practices such as female genital cutting. In doing ... Read more