TY - BOOK ID - 77890829 TI - Transcultural bodies : female genital cutting in global context AU - Hernlund, Ylva AU - Shell-Duncan, Bettina PY - 2007 SN - 1281092568 9786611092566 0813541387 9780813541389 0813540259 9780813540252 0813540267 9780813540269 9781281092564 PB - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Infibulation. KW - Female circumcision. KW - Labiorrhapy KW - Female circumcision KW - Vulva KW - Circumcision, Female KW - Clitoridotomy KW - Female genital cutting KW - Female genital modification KW - Female genital mutilation KW - FGC (Female genital cutting) KW - FGM (Female genital mutilation) KW - Genital cutting, Female KW - Genital mutilation, Female KW - Mutilation, Female genital KW - Body marking KW - Clitoris KW - Initiation rites KW - Surgery KW - Female genital mutilation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77890829 AB - Female "circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a practice that has generated international dispute and continues to be at the center of debates over women's rights, the limits of cultural pluralism, the balance of power between local cultures, international human rights, and feminist activism. In our increasingly globalized world, these practices have also begun immigrating to other nations, where transnational complexities vex debates about how to resolve the issue. Bringing together thirteen essays, Transcultural Bodies provides an ethnographically rich exploration of FGC among African diasporas in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women's voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations. ER -