The Resource Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context, edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan
Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context, edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan
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- Summary
- Female "circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a practice that has generated international dispute and continues to be at the center of debates over women's rights, the limits of cultural pluralism, the balance of power between local cultures, international human rights, and feminist activism. In our increasingly globalized world, these practices have also begun immigrating to other nations, where transnational complexities vex debates about how to resolve the issue. Bringing together thirteen essays, Transcultural Bodies provides an ethnographically rich exploration of FGC among African diasporas in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women's voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 373 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780813541389
- Label
- Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context
- Title
- Transcultural bodies
- Title remainder
- female genital cutting in global context
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan
- Subject
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Afrika
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Beschneidung
- Circumcision, Female
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Female circumcision
- Female circumcision
- Infibulation
- Infibulation
- Kulturanthropologie
- MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Orgasm -- physiology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Female "circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a practice that has generated international dispute and continues to be at the center of debates over women's rights, the limits of cultural pluralism, the balance of power between local cultures, international human rights, and feminist activism. In our increasingly globalized world, these practices have also begun immigrating to other nations, where transnational complexities vex debates about how to resolve the issue. Bringing together thirteen essays, Transcultural Bodies provides an ethnographically rich exploration of FGC among African diasporas in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women's voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- Dewey number
- 392.1
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN484
- LC item number
- .T734 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2008 H-227
- GN 484
- NLM item number
- T7715 2007
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1962-
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Hernlund, Ylva
- Shell-Duncan, Bettina
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Female circumcision
- Infibulation
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Circumcision, Female
- Orgasm
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- MEDICAL
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Female circumcision
- Infibulation
- Kulturanthropologie
- Beschneidung
- Afrika
- Label
- Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context, edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-360) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 647686434
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 373 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813541389
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jwkgh
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)647686434
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context, edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-360) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 647686434
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 373 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813541389
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jwkgh
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)647686434
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Afrika
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Beschneidung
- Circumcision, Female
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Female circumcision
- Female circumcision
- Infibulation
- Infibulation
- Kulturanthropologie
- MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Orgasm -- physiology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
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