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Female circumcision / by Louise Panton.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female genital mutilation.
- Women's rights.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (44 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1983.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- This program documents the ritual of female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, practiced among some African groups; explores its roots in myth; and discusses movements under way to ban the practice. Interviews with anti-circumcision activists, including medical personnel, describe the health ramifications, including hemorrhage, infection, and painful sex. Victims discuss both the physical and emotional pain of circumcision, and both males and females discuss why they support or reject circumcision as a valid cultural practice. Graphic scenes of an actual female circumcision are shown.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 15, 2014).
- OCLC:
- 881549896
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