multicultural perspectives Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa. text bibliography pau Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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vi, 287 p. ; 24 cm. Introduction : The custom in question / Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf -- "Had this been your face, would you leave it as it is?" Female circumcision among Nubians of Egypt / Fadwa El Guindi -- Male and female circumcision : the myth of the difference / Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh -- Community-based efforts to end female genital mutilation in Kenya : raising awareness and organizing alternative rites of passage / Asha Mohamud, Samson Radeny, and Karin Ringheim -- A community of women empowered : the story of Deir El Basha / Amal Abdel Hadi -- Strategies for encouraging the abandonment of female genital cutting : experiences from Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Mali / Nafissatou J. Diop and Ian Askew -- The Sudanese National Committee on the Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices and the campaign against female genital mutilation / Hamid El Bashir -- The Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies and the eradication of female circumcision in the Sudan / Shahira Ahmed -- "My grandmother called it the three feminine sorrows" : the struggle of women against female circumcision in Somalia / Raqiya D. Abdalla -- The double-edged sword : using the criminal law against female genital mutilation / Audrey Macklin -- Representing Africa in the Kasinga Asylum case / Charles Piot -- Afterword : Safe harbor and homage / L. Amede Obiora. edited by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf. Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-272) and index. f------ Female circumcision Africa Female circumcision Moral and ethical aspects Africa Female circumcision Africa Prevention GN645 .F43 2006 AFR 391.2096 Fem 2006 9780812239249 (pbk) 9780812239249 2005042362 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0701/2005042362.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0701/2005042362.html DLC 150206 20250509155039.0 14107946