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Author Prazak, Miroslava, author

Title Making the mark : gender, identity, and genital cutting / Miroslava Prazak
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; number 93
Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 93.
Contents 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
Summary 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?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Female genital mutilation -- Kenya
Circumcision -- Kenya
Kuria (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
Kuria (African people) -- Social life and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family.
Circumcision
Female circumcision
Kenya
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780896804975
0896804976