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Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community

Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger

Hardcover

AnthropologyWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0801870631
ISBN13: 9780801870637
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Dec 16 2002
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.24 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition. While it typically produces a visceral response of horror and revulsion in Westerners, the practice is widely regarded in some cultures as essential for proper development into womanhood and is defended by women who have themselves experienced it and who have had the procedure performed on their own daughters. It is also perceived in many Islamic communities as religiously prescribed, although most Islamic clerics do not condone the practice.

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