Infibulation
Subtitle: female mutilation in Islamic northeastern Africa
By: Esther K. Hicks.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed., 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Infibulation -- Africa, Northeast.; Muslim women -- Africa, Northeast.; Africa, Northeast -- Social life and customs.
Description: Infibulation is the most extreme form of female circumcision. It plays an important role in the Islamic societies of northeastern Africa. Until now, the social significance and function of this practice has been poorly understood. This has been no less true of Western commentators who have condemned the practice than of relevant governments that have attempted to curb it. In Infibulation, Esther K.

Hicks analyzes female circumcision as a cultural trait embedded in a historically traditional milieu and shows why it cannot be treated in isolation as a single issue destined for elimination. In its brief history it has been recognized as a pioneering piece of research with enormous consequences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-314) and index.