Female circumcision : the interplay of religion, culture, and gender in Kenya / Mary Nyangweso Wangila.
Material type:
- 9781570757105 (pbk.)
- 1570757100 (pbk.)
- Female circumcision -- Kenya
- Female circumcision -- Kenya -- Religious aspects
- Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Islam
- Indigenous peoples -- Kenya -- Religion
- Women -- Kenya -- Social conditions
- Women -- Religious life -- Kenya
- Sex role -- Kenya
- Kenya -- Religious life and customs
- Kenya -- Social life and customs
- 392.1096762 22
- GN659.K4 W34 2007
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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AIU/NEGST - Tony Wilmot Memorial Library General Stacks | General Circulation | GN 659.K4W34 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | R30064L3232 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-203) and index.
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.
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