Infibulation : female mutilation in Islamic northeastern Africa /: female mutilation in Islamic northeastern Africa. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Esther K. Hicks.
• Other Names: Hicks, Esther K
• Contents: 1. Infibulation: Description, Function, and Diffusion. Function: Indigenous and Academic Perspectives. Diffusion -- 2. The Socioeconomic Distribution of Infibulation. Pastoralism in Northeastern Africa and the Sudan. Pastoral-Rural-Urban Interaction and Infibulation -- 3. Infibulation in the Social Nexus. Closed Cultural Systems. Islam: A Closed Cultural System. Social Space in Islamic Societies. Gender Identification and Differential in Open and Closed Cultural Systems. The Status Position of Women in Infibulation-Practicing Societies. Marriage Customs and Laws: An Overview. Male Absenteeism, Sexual Abstinence, Sleeping Arrangements, and Infibulation. Fertility Levels and Patterns, Mortality and Birthrates, Sex Ratio Distribution, and Infibulation -- 4. Methodological Approach and Research Strategy. The Problem of Sources. Sample Selection and Statistical Analysis. Statistical Analysis. The HOMALS-technique -- 5. Infibulation and the Composite Variables. The Variables Considered. Marriage, Status, and the Practice of Infibulation. Early Marriage and Infibulation. The Composite Variables -- 6. The Future of Infibulation. Social Change and Infibulation. Infibulation, Life Expectancy, and General Health Care. The Conditions for Change -- 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. Physical Geography. Islam. Demographic Data: Sudan. Comparative Data.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (326 pages)
• Subjects: 392; Infibulation -- Africa, Northeast; Muslim women -- Africa, Northeast; Anthropology, Cultural; Circumcision, Female; Genitalia, Female -- surgery; Islam; Infibulation -- Afrique du Nord-Est; Musulmanes -- Afrique du Nord-Est; Infibulation; Manners and customs; Muslim women; Infibulatie; Infibulation; Infibulation -- Afrique du Nord-Est; Musulmanes -- Afrique du Nord-Est; Africa, Northeast -- Social life and customs; Africa; Afrique du Nord-Est -- Mœurs et coutumes; Africa, Northeast; Afrika -- Nordost
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351294508; 1351294504
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