Making the mark : gender, identity, and genital cutting /
Prazak, Miroslava,
Making the mark : gender, identity, and genital cutting / Miroslava Prazak. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource - Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; number 93 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Trouble with witchcraft -- Boys lead -- Girls follow -- Something different -- Consoling, feasting, and coming out -- Talk, talk, talk -- Where do we go from here? -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Bwirege circumcision sets.
Why do female genital cutting practices persist? How does circumcision affect the rights of girls in a culture where initiation forms the lynchpin of the ritual cycle at the core of defining gender, identity, and social and political status?
9780896804975
Female circumcision--Kenya.
Circumcision--Kenya.
Kuria (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Kuria (African people)--Social life and customs.
Electronic Books.
GN484 / .M355 2016
Making the mark : gender, identity, and genital cutting / Miroslava Prazak. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource - Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; number 93 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Trouble with witchcraft -- Boys lead -- Girls follow -- Something different -- Consoling, feasting, and coming out -- Talk, talk, talk -- Where do we go from here? -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Bwirege circumcision sets.
Why do female genital cutting practices persist? How does circumcision affect the rights of girls in a culture where initiation forms the lynchpin of the ritual cycle at the core of defining gender, identity, and social and political status?
9780896804975
Female circumcision--Kenya.
Circumcision--Kenya.
Kuria (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Kuria (African people)--Social life and customs.
Electronic Books.
GN484 / .M355 2016