num_pages: 256
description: After five years of fieldwork in Sudan, where the most severe forms of genital surgery are common, Gruenbaum (anthropology, California State U.-Fresno) argues that western outrage and criticism of the practice are frequently simplistic and fail to appreciate the diversity of cultural contexts, the complex meanings, and the conflicting responses to
language: English
title: The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective
titlecomplete: The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective
genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Gender, Anthropology
ratings_count: 80
publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press