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001355543 035__ $$a(OCoLC)747795982
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001355543 1001_ $$aMire, Soraya.
001355543 24510 $$aFire eyes$$h[electronic resource] :$$bfemale circumcision /$$cdirected by Soraya Mire.
001355543 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFilmakers Library,$$c1995.
001355543 300__ $$a1 online resource (58 min.).
001355543 500__ $$aOriginally released as DVD.
001355543 500__ $$aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
001355543 520__ $$aThis powerful and important film is the first to present an African viewpoint on a culturally explosive issue. Somali filmmaker Soraya Mire knows firsthand about the traditional African practice of female genital mutilation. At thirteen she was subjected to it and spent the next twenty years recovering physically and emotionally from its cruel legacy. Fire Eyes explores the socio-economic, psychological, and medical consequences of this ancient custom which affects more than 80 million women worldwide. In this film several women who have been subject to this "rite of passage" voice varying points of view on perpetuating the practice. While a few courageous women would spare their daughters this suffering, others fear their daughters would be unmarriageable. The troubling fact is that female circumcision is a women s ritual upheld by mothers, grandmothers and aunts, to conform to the male expectation for a chaste wife. Testimony from doctors detail the various forms of female circumcision and the horrendous ob/gyn problems that result. Dr. Groesbeck Parham, an African American, studied with a Sudanese doctor in Khartoum. He observes, "When you are confronted with a situation rooted in such deep cultural mores, you have to be careful not to become arrogant. But I think it is a practice that needs to be revamped." An extraordinary documentary for Women s Studies, Anthropology, African Studies, Public Health and Human Rights programs. (A closed captioned version available on vhs only. Please specify when ordering.).
001355543 521__ $$aFor College; Adult audiences.
001355543 546__ $$aThis edition in English.
001355543 650_0 $$aAnthropology.
001355543 650_0 $$aFemale circumcision.
001355543 650_0 $$aWomen's issues.
001355543 655_7 $$aDocumentary films.$$2lcgft
001355543 7761_ $$cOriginal$$w(OCoLC)747795982
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001355543 945__ $$aThe Whole World$$cChina
001355543 980__ $$aSTREAMING
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001355543 982__ $$aStreaming Video
001355543 983__ $$aOnline