Prisoners of Ritual
An Odyssey Into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa
Seiten
1989
Haworth Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-86656-877-7 (ISBN)
Haworth Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-86656-877-7 (ISBN)
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An examination of the psychological, sexual and social effects of female genital circumcision, a practice widespread in Africa, based on the author's personal observations in operating theatres in Sudan and interviews with over 400 men and women, including health care professionals.
This unique volume focuses on the psychosexual and social effects of female genital mutilation, an ancient, deeply entrenched custom saturating the larger part of Africa. Over a period of six years, Author Hanny Lightfoot-Klein trekked through outlying areas of Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, where she lived with a number of African families. What she learned by way of in-depth personal interviews and firsthand observation has enabled her to add a previously unknown and often astonishing dimension to our knowledge of ritual practices and human sexuality. This valuable book will be extremely helpful to professionals and scholars in women's studies, social psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, gynecology, sexology, as well as cross-cultural and African studies. It should also interest anyone who is concerned with male circumcision in the United States.
This unique volume focuses on the psychosexual and social effects of female genital mutilation, an ancient, deeply entrenched custom saturating the larger part of Africa. Over a period of six years, Author Hanny Lightfoot-Klein trekked through outlying areas of Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, where she lived with a number of African families. What she learned by way of in-depth personal interviews and firsthand observation has enabled her to add a previously unknown and often astonishing dimension to our knowledge of ritual practices and human sexuality. This valuable book will be extremely helpful to professionals and scholars in women's studies, social psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, gynecology, sexology, as well as cross-cultural and African studies. It should also interest anyone who is concerned with male circumcision in the United States.
Contents
Preface
Part I.
Introduction
1. The Interviews: Procedure and Rationale
2. Female Circumcision in African Countries in General, and Sudan in Particular
3. Sudan: The Current Situation
4. Episodes and Conversations 5. Voices of Reason
6. A History of Clitoral Excision and Infibulation Practices in the Western World
7. Male Circumcision
8. Overview
Part II
9. Images
10. A Sudanese Odyssey
Appendix I
Interviews With Women
Appendix II
Interviews With Men
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.11.1989 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Binghamton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-86656-877-8 / 0866568778 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-86656-877-7 / 9780866568777 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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