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?
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Female circumcision--Kenya. Circumcision--Kenya. Kuria (African people)--Rites and ceremonies. Kuria (African people)--Social life and customs.