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Fearful symmetries [electronic resource] : essays and testimonies around excision and circumcision / edited by Chantal Zabus.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Matatu ; no. 37.
- Matatu ; no. 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Circumcision--History.
- Circumcision.
- Female genital mutilation--History.
- Female genital mutilation.
- Excision (Surgery).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Often labelled 'rituals' or 'customs', male circumcision and female excision are also irreversible amputations of human genitalia, with disastrous and at times life-long consequences for both males and females. However, scholars and activists alike have b
- Contents:
- section 1. Symmetries
- section 2. Anthropological wormholes
- section 3. On autobiographies
- section 4. Interviews and testimonies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-72716-8
- 9786612727160
- 90-420-3061-5
- 1-4416-1339-0
- OCLC:
- 664232373
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