Female circumcision the interplay of religion, culture, and gender in Kenya
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Maryknoll, N.Y. :
Orbis
2007
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| Colección: | Women from the margins
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004288689708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Mercy Amba Oduyoye
- The controversy
- What is female circumcision?
- What is at stake?
- The centrality of religion
- Organization of the book
- Religion and the social behavior of Kenyans
- The social structure of Kenyan communities
- The social status of women
- Female circumcision in Kenya: an overview
- Religion and the social behavior
- Religions in Kenya
- The debate over female circumcision
- The debate over terminology
- Reasons for female circumcision
- The functioning of patriarchal systems
- Women's sexuality and female circumcision
- Opposition to female circumcision
- The insider/outsider conflict
- Strategies to combat female circumcision
- Sexuality, gender, and religion in Kenya
- Gender and sexuality
- The control of sexuality
- Religion and female sexuality
- Summary
- Religion and female circumcision
- The religious origins of female circumcision
- How religion sanctions female circumcision
- How indigenous beliefs determine female circumcision
- Islam and female circumcision
- Christianity and female circumcision
- Transforming attitudes toward female circumcision
- The reality of social change in Kenya
- Religion as liberative
- African feminist hermeneutics
- Religious sources for transformation: a brief illustration
- Conclusion and recommendations.
