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WOMEN'S RIGHTS VERSUS WOMEN'S RITES : A Study of Circumcision Among the Ketu Yoruba of S.W. Nigeria - Softcover

Emmanuel Babatunde

 
9780865436268: WOMEN'S RIGHTS VERSUS WOMEN'S RITES : A Study of Circumcision Among the Ketu Yoruba of S.W. Nigeria

Synopsis

A case study examining the issue of female circumcision and how well-intentioned efforts by Americans to improve the lot of oppressed people elsewhere in the world can have the opposite effect. This study takes apart the cultural logic behind female circumcision and corrects certain anthropological distortions in popular literature on this practice.

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About the Author

Emmanuel Babatunde is the director of the honors program at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, where he teaches anthropology.

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