Female Genital Cutting
Subtitle: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780801870637
Subjects: Customs; Women's studies; World health; Religious aspects; Government policy; Social Science; Sociology; Women's Studies - General; Sociology - General; Anthropology - Cultural; Customs & Traditions; Social Science / Sociology / General; Female circumcision; International Relations - General; Prevention
First sentence: Last spring I was flipping through television stations and came across the show 48 Hours.
Description: "In this study, sociologist Elizabeth Heger Boyle examines this controversial issue from the perspectives of the international system, governments, and individuals. Drawing on previous scholarship, records of international organizations, demographic surveys, and the popular media, Boyle examines how the issue is perceived and acted upon at international, national, and individual levels.

Grounding her work in the sociological theory of neoinstitutionalism, Boyle describes how the choices made by governments and individual women are influenced by the often conflicting principles of individual human rights and sovereign autonomy. She concludes that, while globalization may exacerbate such conflicts, it can ultimately lead to social change."--BOOK JACKET.