Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context / edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hernlund, Ylva, 1962-

Shell-Duncan, Bettina, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female genital mutilation.

Infibulation.

Physical Description:

x, 373 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-360) and index.

ISBN:

0813540259

9780813540252

0813540267

9780813540269

OCLC:

70839783