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Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context

Title
Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context / edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.

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  • Hernlund, Ylva, 1962-
  • Shell-Duncan, Bettina, 1963-
Description
x, 373 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Female genital mutilation
  • Infibulation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-360) and index.
Contents
Transcultural positions : negotiating rights and culture / Ylva Hernlund and Bettina Shell-Duncan -- Gender crusades : the female circumcision controversy in cultural perspective / Janice Boddy -- A refuge from tradition and the refuge of tradition : on anti-circumcision paradigms / L. Amede Obiora -- Female circumcision in Africa and beyond : the anthropology of a difficult issue / Aud Talle -- Persistence of tradition or reassessment of cultural practices in exile? : discourses on female circumcision among and about Swedish Somalis / Sara Johnsdotter -- Managing cultural diversity in Australia : legislating female circumcision, legislating communities / Juliet Rogers -- Representing Africa in the Kasinga asylum case / Charles Piot -- Seeking asylum, debating values, and setting precedents in the 1990s : the cases of Kassindja and Abankwah in the United States / Corinne A. Kratz -- Making mandinga or making Muslims? : debating female circumcision, ethnicity, and Islam in Guinea-Bissau and Portugal / Michelle C. Johnson -- Infibulation and the orgasm puzzle : sexual experiences of infibulated Eritrean women in rural Eritrea and Melbourne, Australia / Mansura Dopico -- Experiencing sex in exile : can genitals change their gender? : on conceptions and experiences related to female genital cutting (FGC) among Somalis in Norway / R. Elise B. Johansen -- "Ain't I a woman too?" : challenging myths of sexual dysfunction in circumcised women / Fuambai Ahmadu -- The failure of pluralism? / Henrietta L. Moore.
Call Number
JFE 07-5422
ISBN
  • 0813540259 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813540252 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813540267 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780813540269 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006025455
OCLC
  • 70839783
  • 70839783
Title
Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context / edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan.
Imprint
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-360) and index.
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Added Author
Hernlund, Ylva, 1962-
Shell-Duncan, Bettina, 1963-
Research Call Number
JFE 07-5422
Sc E 08-494
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