Female genital mutilation : legal, cultural, and medical issues / Rosemarie Skaine.
Skaine, Rosemarie.
2005
GN484 .S485 2005 (Mapit)
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Title Female genital mutilation : legal, cultural, and medical issues / Rosemarie Skaine.
Author Skaine, Rosemarie.
ISBN 0786421673 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2005.
Language English
Description ix, 321 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Call Number GN484 .S485 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 392.1
Summary "This book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. The book concludes with thoughts on the movement from tradition to cultural evolution"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-297) and index.
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A traditional practice
Prevalence / with James C. Skaine
Globalism and law
Legal and practical issues in the West
Tradition and change in practicing cultures
Challenging the change and the challenge of change
The Maasai and female circumcision
Meeting the challenge in Tanzania
The changing status
A compendium of change.

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