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Title

The cultural debate over female circumcision: The Sudanese are arguing this one out for themselves

Description

Critiques medical ecological analysis of female circumcision as a "maladaptive cultural pattern" and argues that this highly controversial procedure must be analysed within the larger contexts of women's lives in undeveloped countries.

Creator

Ellen Gruenbaum

Source

Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 10.4. Dec 1996. p. 455-476.
GN296 MAQ NO.4 1996.

Date

1996

Contributor

seah

Format

Article journal