Fearful symmetries [[electronic resource] ] : essays and testimonies around excision and circumcision / / edited by Chantal Zabus
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| Titolo: |
Fearful symmetries [[electronic resource] ] : essays and testimonies around excision and circumcision / / edited by Chantal Zabus
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam, : Editions Rodopi, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 392.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Circumcision - History |
| Female genital mutilation - History | |
| Excision (Surgery) | |
| Altri autori: |
ZabusChantal J
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | section 1. Symmetries -- section 2. Anthropological wormholes -- section 3. On autobiographies -- section 4. Interviews and testimonies. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Often labelled 'rituals' or 'customs', male circumcision and female excision are also irreversible amputations of human genitalia, with disastrous and at times life-long consequences for both males and females. However, scholars and activists alike have b |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Fearful symmetries |
| ISBN: | 1-282-72716-8 |
| 9786612727160 | |
| 90-420-3061-5 | |
| 1-4416-1339-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777960803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Matatu ; ; no. 37.