Female circumcision : the interplay of religion, culture, and gender in Kenya / Mary Nyangweso Wangila.
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Wangila, Mary Nyangweso. (författare)
- ISBN 9781570757105
- Publicerad: Maryknoll, N.Y. Orbis Books, c2007.
- Engelska xv, 206 p.
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Serie: Women from the margins
- Relaterad länk:
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http://www.loc.gov/c... (Table of contents only)
Innehållsförteckning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Foreword / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- The controversy -- What is female circumcision? -- What is at stake? -- The centrality of religion -- Organization of the book -- Religion and the social behavior of Kenyans -- The social structure of Kenyan communities -- The social status of women -- Female circumcision in Kenya: an overview -- Religion and the social behavior -- Religions in Kenya -- The debate over female circumcision -- The debate over terminology -- Reasons for female circumcision -- The functioning of patriarchal systems -- Women's sexuality and female circumcision -- Opposition to female circumcision -- The insider/outsider conflict -- Strategies to combat female circumcision -- Sexuality, gender, and religion in Kenya -- Gender and sexuality -- The control of sexuality -- Religion and female sexuality -- Summary -- Religion and female circumcision -- The religious origins of female circumcision -- How religion sanctions female circumcision -- How indigenous beliefs determine female circumcision -- Islam and female circumcision -- Christianity and female circumcision -- Transforming attitudes toward female circumcision -- The reality of social change in Kenya -- Religion as liberative -- African feminist hermeneutics -- Religious sources for transformation: a brief illustration -- Conclusion and recommendations.
Ämnesord
- Islam (sao)
- Kvinnlig könsstympning -- Kenya (sao)
- Kvinnlig könsstympning -- religiösa aspekter -- Kenya (sao)
- Female circumcision -- Kenya. (LCSH)
- Female circumcision -- Kenya -- Religious aspects. (LCSH)
- Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (LCSH)
- Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Islam. (LCSH)
- Indigenous peoples -- Kenya -- Religion. (LCSH)
- Women -- Kenya -- Social conditions. (LCSH)
- Women -- Religious life -- Kenya. (LCSH)
- Sex role -- Kenya. (LCSH)
- Islam (LCSH)
- Kenya -- Religious life and customs. (LCSH)
- Kenya -- Social life and customs. (LCSH)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Mz-pfb Etnografi: folktro och folkseder: Kenya
Klassifikation
- 398 (DDC)
- Mz-pfb (kssb/8)
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