The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective by Ellen Gruenbaum

The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective

Ellen Gruenbaum

256 pages 2000

2 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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After five years of fieldwork in Sudan, where the most severe forms of genital surgery are common, Gruenbaum (anthropology, California State U.-Fresno) argues that western outrage and criticism of the practice are frequently simplistic and fail to...

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