The politics of female circumcision in Egypt : gender, sexuality and the construction of identity / Maria Frederika Malmström.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malmström, Maria Frederika, 1969- author.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies.

Library of modern Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Egypt--Social conditions.

Women.

Female circumcision--Egypt.

Female circumcision.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages, 10 pages of plates) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

"The percentage of women aged 15-49 in Egypt who have undergone the procedure of female circumcision, or genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) stands at 91%, according to the latest research carried out by UNICEF. Female circumcision has become a global political minefield with 'Western' interventions affecting Egyptian politics and social development, not least in the area of democracy and human rights. Maria Frederika Malmstrom employs an ethnographic approach to this controversial issue, with the aim of understanding how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, and the central role which female circumcision plays in this process. Viewing the concept of 'agency' as critical to the examination of social and cultural trends in the region, Malmstrom explores the lived experiences and social meanings of circumcision and femininity as narrated by women from Cairo. It is through the examination of the voices of these women that she offers an analysis of gender identity in Egypt and its impact on women's sexuality."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The Politics of 'Female Genital Mutilation' in Egypt

Chapter 2: Women's Voices

Chapter 3: Moral Sexuality: Creating Female Subjects as Wives and Mothers

Chapter 4: Bearing the Pain: The Moral Lesson of Womanhood

Chapter 5: The Continuous Making of Womanhood: Cooking, Depilating and Circumcising

Conclusion: The Embeddedness of Female Circumcision.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857739445

0857739441

9781350989139

1350989134

9780857726001

0857726005

OCLC:

1004673762