Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa - Couverture souple

Lightfoot Klein, Hanny; Cole, Ellen; Rothblum, Esther D

 
9780918393685: Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 091839368X ISBN 13 : 9780918393685
Editeur : Routledge, 1989

Synopsis

This unique volume focuses on the psychosexual and social effects of female genital mutilation, an ancient, deeply entrenched custom saturating the larger part of Africa. Over a period of six years, Author Hanny Lightfoot-Klein trekked through outlying areas of Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, where she lived with a number of African families. What she learned by way of in-depth personal interviews and firsthand observation has enabled her to add a previously unknown and often astonishing dimension to our knowledge of ritual practices and human sexuality. This valuable book will be extremely helpful to professionals and scholars in women's studies, social psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, gynecology, sexology, as well as cross-cultural and African studies. It should also interest anyone who is concerned with male circumcision in the United States.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This unique volume focuses on the psychosexual and social effects of female genital mutilation, an ancient, deeply entrenched custom saturating the larger part of Africa. Over a period of six years, Author Hanny Lightfoot-Klein trekked through outlying areas of Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, where she lived with a number of African families. What she learned by way of in-depth personal interviews and firsthand observation has enabled her to add a previously unknown and often astonishing dimension to our knowledge of ritual practices and human sexuality. This valuable book will be extremely helpful to professionals and scholars in women's studies, social psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, gynecology, sexology, as well as cross-cultural and African studies. It should also interest anyone who is concerned with male circumcision in the United States.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
091839368X
ISBN 13 
9780918393685
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
318
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780866568777: Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0866568778 ISBN 13 :  9780866568777
Editeur : Haworth Press Inc, 1989
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