Now in paperback, this book examines issues, practices, remedies, case studies in Africa and the West, etc. 'Dorkenoo understands the subject from inside out'. Alice Walker.

1995 Paperback

A powerful photographic assault on the practice of female circumcision, this book follows the experiences of a four-year-old girl on the day of her mutilation. Devastating in its impact. B/w photos. AUSTRALIA. SPINIFEX PRESS.

New in paperback. Gathers together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the U.S. and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice. This work brings African women's voices into the discussion, foregrounds indigenous processes of social and cultural change, and demonstrates the manifold linkages between respect for women's bodily integrity, the empowerment of women, and the democratic modes of economic development. Index, bib, notes, 287pp, USA. UNIVERSITY PRESS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Collection of essays arguing that insurgencies against female circumcision are symptoms of a disease emanating from a mindset that produced hierarchies of humans, conquered colonies, and built empires. Challenges foreign, or Western, interventions in the so-called Third World and shows how the resistance they generate can impede development work and undermine the true collaboration and partnership necessary to promote transnational feminist agendas. Index, 288pp, USA. GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP.

A clearly written study which analyses the debates surrounding female genital cutting. The author explores the cultural foundations both promoting the practice and those opposing it. Index, refs, notes, tables, xiii, 188pp, USA. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0801870631

Discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. Personal interviews help to expand and enrich the discussion. The book concludes with thoughts on the movement from tradition to cultural evolution. BNS, 336pp, USA. McFARLAND & COMPANY.

A resource for those concerned with development, health and minority rights asking what action governments and NGOs should take in Africa to end the custom of female genital mutilation. Notes, map, diags, 42pp, UK. Minority Rights Group, 1946690901

The author, a child clinical psychologist, describes how female genital mutilation has resurfaced in the UK. Looking at the complex factors involved in the procedure, she shows how the country has, as yet, no effective means of identifying those at risk and offers little guidance for health care professionals and few support mechanisms for those who have undergone the procedure. Using extensive interviews with circumcised women she details their experiences and recommends ways forward for all those involved. Index, bib, viii, 198pp, UK. MIDDLESEX UP, 1898253900

Now in paperback. In five provocative essays, the contributors to this timely volume challenge representations of FGC through a range of perspectives: history, human rights, law, missionary feminism, cultural relativism, anthropology, and the intersex movement. Index, 169pp, USA. ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF PRESS.

Explains in detail the effects and the consequences of female circumsision. It analyzes the practice from cultural, medical, social and religious points of view and calls for its abolition. Somali text, ix, 270pp, CANADA. SCANSOM PUBLISHERS, 0968855903

A anthropological study deciphering the cultural logic responsible for female circumcision, linking measurements of self worth and fertility to the practice. The author also critiques western perceptions of circumcision and argues that the campaign in the West has had the opposite effect to that intended, creating a siege mentality with a renewed determination to protect a way of life. App, bib, index, xvii, 213pp, USA. RED SEA PRESS, 0865436266