The female circumcision controversy : an anthropological perspective / / Ellen Gruenbaum

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463682303321
• Autore: Gruenbaum Ellen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2001; ©2001
• ISBN: 0-8122-9251-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 392.1
• Soggetti: Female circumcision; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Grappling with the "Female Circumcision" Controversy -- Chapter 1. Patriarchy -- Chapter 2. Ritual and Meaning -- Chapter 3. Marriage and Morality -- Chapter 4. Ethnicity -- Chapter 5. Sexuality -- Chapter 6. Economic Development -- Chapter 7. Change -- Chapter 8. Involvement -- Appendix. Organizations That Focus on Female Genital Cutting Issues -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: To the Western eye, there is something jarringly incongruous, even shocking, about the image of a six-year-old girl being held down by loving relatives so that her genitals can be cut. Yet two million girls experience this each year. Most Westerners, upon learning of the practice of female circumcision, have responded with outrage; those committed to improving the status of women have gone beyond outrage to action by creating various programs for "eradicating" the practice. But few understand the real life complexities families face in deciding whether to follow the traditional practices or to take the risk of change. In The Female Circumcision Controversy, Ellen Gruenbaum points out that Western outrage and Western efforts to stop genital mutilation often provoke a strong backlash from people in the countries where the practice is common. She looks at the validity of Western arguments against the practice. In doing so, she explores both outsider and insider perspectives on female circumcision, concentrating ; particularly on the complex attitudes of the individuals and groups who practice it and on indigenous efforts to end it. Gruenbaum finds that the criticisms of outsiders are frequently simplistic and fail to appreciate the diversity of cultural contexts, the complex meanings, and the conflicting responses to change. Drawing on over five years of fieldwork in Sudan, where the most severe forms of genital surgery are common, Gruenbaum shows that the practices of female circumcision are deeply embedded in Sudanese cultural traditions-in religious, moral, and aesthetic values, and in ideas about class, ethnicity, and gender. Her research illuminates both the resistance to and the acceptance of change. She shows that change is occurring as the result of economic and social developments, the influences of Islamic activists, the work of Sudanese health educators, and the efforts of educated African women. That does not mean that there is no role for outsiders, Gruenbaum asserts, and she offers suggestions for those who wish to help facilitate change. By presenting specific cultural contexts and human experiences with a deep knowledge of the tremendous variation of the practice and meaning of female circumcision, Gruenbaum provides an insightful analysis of the process of changing this complex, highly debated practice.

Avstro-Ogrska monarhija v besedi in podobi - Slovenci I : Štajerska, Porabje in Prekmurje, Koroška / / edited by Ingrid Slavec Gradišnik, Monika Kropej Telban

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910687959503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ljubljana : , : ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Disciplina: 949.73
• Soggetti: Slovenia Description and travel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Sloveno
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Avstro-ogrska monarhija v besedi in podobi - Slovenci je komentiran prevod etnografskih poglavij o Slovencih iz knjižne zbirke Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild, ki je nastajala v zadnjih dveh desetletjih 19. stoletja na pobudo prestolonaslednika nadvojvode Rudolfa (1858-1889) kot domoznanska zbirka z enciklopedičnimi ambicijami. Izhajala je v nemški in madžarski redakciji, po snopičih, ki so zvezani v 24 oz. 21 knjigah, izdanih na Dunaju in v Budimpešti. Vsebina je v vseh razporejena v enotnem zaporedju poglavij o pokrajinskih značilnostih, predzgodovini, zgodovini, narodopisju, glasbi, književnosti, arhitekturi, slikarstvu in kiparstvu, obrti in gospodarskem življenju. Cilj dela je bila enakovredna predstavitev vseh narodov dvojne monarhije, ki bi prispevala h krepitvi in spoštovanju »različnosti v enosti«. V tej knjigi so objavljena poglavja o Štajerski, Porabju in Prekmurju ter Koroški, spremljajo jih komentarji o značaju zbirke in o obravnavah slovenske narodopisne podobe, materialne kulture ter pripovednega in pesemskega izročila.