The Female Circumcision Controversy : : An Anthropological Perspective / / Ellen Gruenbaum.
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 circumcis...
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Gruenbaum, Ellen, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Female Circumcision Controversy : An Anthropological Perspective / Ellen Gruenbaum. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015] ©2001 1 online resource (256 p.) : 8 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022) Ethnology. Female circumcision. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. bisacsh Anthropology. Folklore. Gender Studies. Linguistics. Women's Studies. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812217469 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292510 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812292510 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812292510/original |
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