Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey Into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa

Lightfoot-Klein, Hanny

ISBN 10: 091839368X / ISBN 13: 9780918393685

Edité par Harrington Park Press, New York, 1989

A propos de cet article

xii, 306pp, two appendices, bibliography, index. Pictorial card cover. Ethnographic research, done mostly in the Sudan, focused on the enigma of female genital mutilation. Size: Trade Paperback.

N° de réf. du vendeur 028511

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey Into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa
• Éditeur: Harrington Park Press, New York
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 091839368X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780918393685
• Reliure: Soft Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnology, Ethnology
  • Africa & South America
  • Erotica & Sexuality.

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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.