When activism to combat «female circumcision» gained momentum in the 1980s, a discursive gap was created that persists until today. On the one hand, campaigners, activists, governments and some scholars promoted a discourse that focused on these practices as mutilations; on the other hand, not all scholars were willing to adopt the new term (FGM, «female genital mutilation») or to drop the perspective that these practices must be described within their wider contexts, with the full variations in different settings. Starting from this gap, this article discusses «reconstructive clitoral surgery», or «clitoris repair», as a cultural phenomenon growing out of the first discursive stream. Using Ian Hacking’s concepts «interactive kinds» and «lo...
This thesis concerns subject of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), ritual commonly - but ina...
This article aims to provide some background knowledge on the procedure that is known as female geni...
The discrepancy in societal attitudes toward female genital cosmetic surgery for European women and...
When activism to combat «female circumcision» gained momentum in the 1980s, a discursive gap was cre...
Introduction: The demand for the surgical technique of clitoral reconstructive surgery introduced b...
honors thesisCollege of HumanitiesPhilosophyLeslie FrancisThe World Health Organization (WHO) define...
ABSTRACT Debates about female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have polarized opinion between thos...
Abstract There has been much discussion on the topic of Female Genital Cutting (FGC
“Female genital mutilation” is a contemporary invention that has become an object of political debat...
What is 'female génital mutilation' (FGM)? According to the World Health Organization's définition, ...
Objectives: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming more widely seen in the West, due to immigra...
Debates about female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have polarized opinion between those who see...
This contribution aims to broaden and nuance contemporary discussions of female genital mutilation/c...
Background: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a global public health problem associated w...
Interventions to modify female sexual organs have a long history in several parts of the world but t...
This thesis concerns subject of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), ritual commonly - but ina...
This article aims to provide some background knowledge on the procedure that is known as female geni...
The discrepancy in societal attitudes toward female genital cosmetic surgery for European women and...
When activism to combat «female circumcision» gained momentum in the 1980s, a discursive gap was cre...
Introduction: The demand for the surgical technique of clitoral reconstructive surgery introduced b...
honors thesisCollege of HumanitiesPhilosophyLeslie FrancisThe World Health Organization (WHO) define...
ABSTRACT Debates about female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have polarized opinion between thos...
Abstract There has been much discussion on the topic of Female Genital Cutting (FGC
“Female genital mutilation” is a contemporary invention that has become an object of political debat...
What is 'female génital mutilation' (FGM)? According to the World Health Organization's définition, ...
Objectives: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming more widely seen in the West, due to immigra...
Debates about female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have polarized opinion between those who see...
This contribution aims to broaden and nuance contemporary discussions of female genital mutilation/c...
Background: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a global public health problem associated w...
Interventions to modify female sexual organs have a long history in several parts of the world but t...
This thesis concerns subject of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), ritual commonly - but ina...
This article aims to provide some background knowledge on the procedure that is known as female geni...
The discrepancy in societal attitudes toward female genital cosmetic surgery for European women and...