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Women's Rites Versus Women's Rights: A Study of Circumcision Among the Ketu Yoruba of South Western Nigeria: A Study of Circumcision Among the Ketu Yoruba of S.W. Nigeria - Softcover

Babatunde, Emmanuel

 
9780865436268: Women's Rites Versus Women's Rights: A Study of Circumcision Among the Ketu Yoruba of South Western Nigeria: A Study of Circumcision Among the Ketu Yoruba of S.W. Nigeria
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ISBN 10: 0865436266 ISBN 13: 9780865436268
Verlag: Africa Research & Publications, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

The outpouring of western concern over the issue of female circumcision offers a case study in how well-intentioned efforts of Americans to improve the lot of oppressed people elsewhere in the world can have precisely the opposite effect. In at least some societies targeted, the practice has increased.
Beginning with a critique of Alice Walker's novel, Possessing the Secret of Joy, the book employs in-depth anthropological study to decipher the cultural logic responsible for female circumcision. The study suggests that in fact the practice continues because traditional culture identifies procreation as the measurement of self-worth and links fertility with circumcision.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Emmanuel Babatunde is the director of the honors program at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, where he teaches anthropology.

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Verlag
Africa Research & Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0865436266
ISBN 13 
9780865436268
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Anzahl der Seiten
213
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