| Description |
1 online resource (332 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures, Maps, Plots, and Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1 Infibulation:Description, Function, and Diffusion; Function: Indigenous and Academic Perspectives; Diffusion; Population and Cultural Diffusion; Trade Routes and Slavery; The Role of Islam; Notes; 2 The Socioeconomic Distributionof Infibulation; Pastoralism in Northeastern Africa and the Sudan; Pastoral-Rural-Urban Interaction and Infibulation; The Sudan; Infibulation in the Sudan; The Horn Regions; Infibulation in the Horn Regions; Notes; 3 Infibulation in the Social Nexus |
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Closed Cultural SystemsIslam: A Closed Cultural System; Social Space in Islamic Societies; Gender Identification and Differentiation in Open and Closed Cultural Systems; The Status Position of Women in Infibulation-Practicing Societies; Women in Islam: The Background; Codes of Modesty for Women and Family Honor; The Role of Initiation; Marriage Customs and Laws: An Overview; The Sudan; Northern Somalia; Exogamy and Lineage Endogamy; Male Absenteeism, Sexual Abstinence, Sleeping Arrangements, and Infibulation; Male Absenteeism; Lactation, Sleeping Arrangements, and Sexual Abstinence |
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Fertility Levels and Patterns, Mortality and Birthrates, Sex Ratio Distribution, and InfibulationFertility Levels; Mortality Rate and Sex Ratios; Birthrate; Fertility Levels and Marriage Patterns; Notes; 4 Methodological Approach and Research Strategy; The Problem of Sources; The Sample; Sample Selection and Statistical Analysis; The Study and Control Samples; The Attributes Considered; Attribute Anomalies; Statistical Analysis; The Chi-square Test; The HOMALS-technique; HOMALS Evaluation of All Variables in the Data Set; HOMALS Evaluation of the Remaining Variables in the Data Samples |
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Object anomalies5 Infibulation and the Composite Variables; The Variables Considered; Variables XVI and XII; Variables XX, XII, and XVI; Variable VII; Variable V; Variables IX and XII; Variable XVI; Variables IX, XII, and XVI; Variables XVI, VIII, and V; Variables XIV, XII, XX, and the Diffusiono f the Practice o f Infibulation; Marriage, Status, and the Practice of Infibulation; Early Marriage and Infibulation; The Composite Variables; Notes; 6 The Future of Infibulation; Social Change and Infibulation; Infibulation, Life Expectancy, and General Health Care; The Conditions for Change |
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The Role of EducationThe Incidence of Circumcision and Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Attitudes:The Case of Sudan; Conclusion; Notes; 7 The Problem of Altering Cultural Boundaries; Infibulation in Context; Infibulation: A Social Problem?; Islam: The Problem of Change; The Future of Infibulation in a Closed Cultural System; Notes; Appendix; Demographic Data: Sudan; The Northern Populations; The Southern Populations; Physical Geography; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Islam; Sudan; Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti; Somalia; Demographic Data: Northeast Africa and the Horn; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somali |
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Comparative Data |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hicks, Esther
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| ISBN |
9781351294515 |
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1351294512 |
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