Female Circumcision : Multicultural Perspectives / / Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 391.2096 |
Collana | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights |
Soggetto topico |
Female circumcision - Africa
Female circumcision - Moral and ethical aspects - Africa Female circumcision - Africa - Prevention |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8122-0102-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Custom in Question / Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa -- PART I. Local Contexts and Current Debates -- Chapter 2. "Had This Been Your Face, Would You Leave It as Is?" Female Circumcision Among the Nubians of Egypt / El Guindi, Fadwa -- Chapter 3. Male and Female Circumcision: The Myth of the Difference / Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A. -- PART II. African Campaigns to Eradicate Female Circumcision -- Chapter 4. Community-Based Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: Raising Awareness and Organizing Alternative Rites of Passage / Mohamud, Asha / Radeny, Samson / Ringheim, Karin -- Chapter 5. A Community of Women Empowered: The Story of Deir El Barsha / Hadi, Amal Abdel -- Chapter 6. Strategies for Encouraging the Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting: Experiences from Senegal, Burkina Paso, and Mali / Diop, Nafissatou J. / Askew, Ian -- Chapter 7. The Sudanese National Committee on the Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices and the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation / El Bashir, Hamid -- Chapter 8. The Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies and the Eradication of Female Circumcision in the Sudan / Ahmed, Shahira -- Chapter 9. "My Grandmother Called It the Three Feminine Sorrows": The Struggle of Women Against Female Circumcision in Somalia / Abdalla, Raqiya D. -- PART III. Debates in Immigrant-Receiving Societies -- Chapter 10. The Double-Edged Sword: Using the Criminal Law Against Female Genital Mutilation in Canada / Macklin, Audrey -- Chapter 11 Representing Africa in the Kasinga Asylum Case / Piot, Charles -- Afterword: Safe Harbor and Homage / Obiora, L. Amede -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462645403321 |
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Female circumcision : multicultural perspectives / / edited by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 391.2096 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AbusharafRogaia Mustafa |
Collana | Pennsylvania studies in human rights |
Soggetto topico |
Female circumcision - Africa
Female circumcision - Moral and ethical aspects - Africa Female circumcision - Africa - Prevention |
ISBN | 0-8122-0102-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Custom in Question / Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa -- PART I. Local Contexts and Current Debates -- Chapter 2. "Had This Been Your Face, Would You Leave It as Is?" Female Circumcision Among the Nubians of Egypt / El Guindi, Fadwa -- Chapter 3. Male and Female Circumcision: The Myth of the Difference / Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A. -- PART II. African Campaigns to Eradicate Female Circumcision -- Chapter 4. Community-Based Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: Raising Awareness and Organizing Alternative Rites of Passage / Mohamud, Asha / Radeny, Samson / Ringheim, Karin -- Chapter 5. A Community of Women Empowered: The Story of Deir El Barsha / Hadi, Amal Abdel -- Chapter 6. Strategies for Encouraging the Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting: Experiences from Senegal, Burkina Paso, and Mali / Diop, Nafissatou J. / Askew, Ian -- Chapter 7. The Sudanese National Committee on the Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices and the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation / El Bashir, Hamid -- Chapter 8. The Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies and the Eradication of Female Circumcision in the Sudan / Ahmed, Shahira -- Chapter 9. "My Grandmother Called It the Three Feminine Sorrows": The Struggle of Women Against Female Circumcision in Somalia / Abdalla, Raqiya D. -- PART III. Debates in Immigrant-Receiving Societies -- Chapter 10. The Double-Edged Sword: Using the Criminal Law Against Female Genital Mutilation in Canada / Macklin, Audrey -- Chapter 11 Representing Africa in the Kasinga Asylum Case / Piot, Charles -- Afterword: Safe Harbor and Homage / Obiora, L. Amede -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812178403321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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