Rosemarie Skaine

Female Genital Mutilation

Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780786421671
• ISBN-10: 0786421673
• Artikelnr.: 21470393

Autorenporträt

The late Rosemarie Skaine was a sociologist and lived in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Her writing interests included families and women's issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
1. A Traditional Practice     
2. Prevalence (with James C. Skaine)     
3. Globalism and Law     
4. Legal and Practical Issues in the West     
5. Tradition and Change in Practicing Cultures     
6. Challenging the Change and the Challenge of Change     
7. The Maasai and Female Circumcision     
8. Meeting the Challenge in Tanzania     
9. The Changing Status     
10. A Compendium of Change     
Epilogue     
Abbreviations and Glossary     
Appendix 1: Overview of the Practice in Traditional Countries     
Appendix 2: Law and Outreach     
Appendix 3: Overview of the Practice in Industrialized Countries     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index