Complexities of a Controversial Practice
- 18 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 292 (5520) , 1305-1306
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1060035
Abstract
Female "Circumcision" in Africa Culture, Controversy, and Change. Bettina Shell-Duncan and Ylva Hernlund, Eds. Lynne Rienner, Boulder, CO, 2000. $59.95. ISBN 1-55587-871-7. Paper, $22.50. ISBN 1-55587-995-0. The Female Circumcision Controversy An Anthropological Perspective. Ellen Gruenbaum. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2001. 250 pp. $55, £39. ISBN 0-8122-3573-8. Paper, $24.95, £17.50. ISBN 0-8122-1746-2. These two books consider social, historical, political, and public health aspects of female "circumcision." The authors include women from countries where the practice is prevalent.Keywords
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