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Making the mark : gender, identity, and genital cutting / Miroslava Prazak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prazak, Miroslava, author.
- Series:
- Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 93.
- Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; number 93
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female genital mutilation--Kenya.
- Female genital mutilation.
- Circumcision--Kenya.
- Circumcision.
- Kuria (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Kuria (African people).
- Kuria (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Kenya.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- making the mark
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016
- Summary:
- Why do female genital cutting practices persist? How does circumcision affect the rights of girls in a culture where initiation forms the lynchpin of the ritual cycle at the core of defining gender, identity, and social and political status?
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Trouble with witchcraft
- Boys lead
- Girls follow
- Something different
- Consoling, feasting, and coming out
- Talk, talk, talk
- Where do we go from here?
- Epilogue
- Appendix : Bwirege circumcision sets.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780896803091
- 9780896803107
- 9780896804975.
- 9780896804975
- 0896804976
- OCLC:
- 957525309
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