Female Circumcision
Subtitle: Multicultural Perspectives (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: February 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780812239249
Subjects: Anthropology; Customs; Social Science; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Gender Studies; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Female circumcision; Anthropology - General; Africa; Moral and ethical aspects; Prevention
First sentence: Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qodiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision.