The Routledge International Handbook of Harmful Cultural Practices

Constructing excision, writing pain / Evelyne Accad -- Reflections on femininity and FGM / Lorraine Koonce Farahmand -- FGM/C and the female perpetrator : analysis of an underdeveloped figure / Daniela Hrzán -- The archaeology of female genital mutilation in German national politics : "wegroups", othering, and the pertinence of intersecting discourses "FGM and femininity" / Lea Kristin Kleinsorg -- Trends in female genital mutilation/cutting : a qualitative investigation focusing on mothers of circumcised Nigerian girls / Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora -- The British campaign to ban virginity testing and hymenoplasty / Saarrah Ray -- Is it really "easier to dig a hole than build a pole"? Feminist reflections on genital surgery for children born with ambiguous genitalia / Marion Hulverscheidt -- Circumcision as inscriptions of gender : implications of eradication or sustenance / Mary Nyangweso -- Patriarchal inscription on African women : negotiating zero tolerance for FGM / Adebisi Adebayo -- Marginalization of community voices in fighting female circumcision / Phyllis Livaha -- What did the judge say? A comparative analysis of selected FGM case law in highincome & low-income countries / Micali Drossos, I., Komba, P., and Granier, L.M.C. -- FGM studies : economics, public health, and societal wellbeing / Hilary Burrage -- FGM -- Health, law, education and sustainable goals through upstream and downstream approaches / Felicity Gerry, Andrew Rowland, Charlotte Proudman, Joseph Home and Hoda Ali -- Reclaiming autonomy of body : comparing memoirs by Khady Koïta and Hibo Wardere / U.H. Ruhina Jesmin -- Emotional and behavioral consequences of FGM/C among West African women residents in the United States / Mariama Diallo -- FGM in one of the world's richest countries : the case of Singapore / John Chua -- "The law against female genital mutilation (FGM) can scare people from performing FGM, but it doesn't change their attitudes" : findings of a qualitative study in Leeds, United Kingdom / Olayemi Babajide, Abimbola Babajide and Bassey Ebenso -- Morbidity due to female genital mutilation : a scoping review / Ava G. Chappell, Daniel C. Sasson, Abbas Hassan; Yufan Yan, Annie B. Wescott, Melissa Simon, Lori A. Post, and Sumanas W. Jordan -- Female genital mutilation in African and African diaspora memoir and fiction / Tobe Levin von Gleichen and Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana -- Assessment of oral media utilization on 'female circumcision' among the Abagusii of Kenya / Felister Nyaera Nkangi -- Voices to end female genital mutilation/cutting : using digital storytelling to end a harmful social norm / Mariya Taher, Amy Hill, Sandra Yu, and Kamakshi Arora -- FGM in Germany in the context of migration / Abadjayé Gwladys Awo -- 'I'm going to be judged for having FGM' : national health service experiences described by women affected by female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom and Europe / Rewan Youssif* & Charnele Nunes*, Manar Marzouk, Sameera Hassan, Mervat Alhaffar, and Natasha Howard -- "This is not my fatherland." Female genital mutilation : stories from the lives of Nigerian exiles in Italy / Annagrazia Faraca.