Title Making the mark : gender, identity, and genital cutting / Miroslava Prazak.

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Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016.

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Description	1 online resource.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; number 93
	Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 93.
Contents	Introduction -- Trouble with witchcraft -- Boys lead -- Girls follow -- Something different -- Consoling, feasting, and coming out -- Talk, talk, talk -- Where do we go from here? -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Bwirege circumcision sets.
Summary	Why do female genital cutting practices persist? How does circumcision affect the rights of girls in a culture where initiation forms the lynchpin of the ritual cycle at the core of defining gender, identity, and social and political status?
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action	ebrary purchase 20161214 nsh UPB
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Female genital mutilation -- Kenya.
	Female genital mutilation.
	Kenya.
	Circumcision -- Kenya.
	Circumcision.
	Kuria (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
	Kuria (African people)
	Rites and ceremonies.
	Kuria (African people) -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Female genital mutilation.
	Circumcision.
Other Form:	Print version: Prazak, Miroslava. Making the mark. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016 9780896803091 (DLC) 2016024889 (OCoLC)950445946
ISBN	9780896804975 (electronic book)
	0896804976 (electronic book)
	9780896803091
	0896803090
	9780896803107
	0896803104
	0896804976

Title Making the mark : gender, identity, and genital cutting / Miroslava Prazak.

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