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100	1		_aAbusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa.
245	1	0	_aFemale Circumcision : _bMulticultural Perspectives.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c2007.
264		4	_c©2006.
300			_a1 online resource (296 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series
505	0		_aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1: Introduction: The Custom in Question -- Part I: Local Contexts and Current Debates -- 2: "Had This Been Your Face, Would You Leave It as Is?" Female Circumcision Among the Nubians of Egypt -- 3: Male and Female Circumcision: The Myth of the Difference -- Part II: African Campaigns to Eradicate Female Circumcision -- 4: Community-Based Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: Raising Awareness and Organizing Alternative Rites of Passage -- 5: A Community of Women Empowered: The Story of Deir El Barsha -- 6: Strategies for Encouraging the Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting: Experiences from Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Mali -- 7: The Sudanese National Committee on the Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices and the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation -- 8: The Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies and the Eradication of Female Circumcision in the Sudan -- 9: "My Grandmother Called It the Three Feminine Sorrows":The Struggle of Women Against Female Circumcision in Somalia -- Part III: Debates in Immigrant-Receiving Societies -- 10: The Double-Edged Sword: Using the Criminal Law Against Female Genital Mutilation in Canada -- 11: Representing Africa in the Kasinga Asylum Case -- 12: Afterword: Safe Harbor and Homage -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
520			_aFemale Circumcision brings together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the U.S. and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aFemale circumcision-Africa.
650		0	_aFemale circumcision-Moral and ethical aspects-Africa.
650		0	_aFemale circumcision-Africa-Prevention.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aAbusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa _tFemale Circumcision _dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2007 _z9780812219418
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3442213 _zClick to View
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