The Politics of Female Circumcision in Egypt: Gender, Sexuality and the Construction of Identity - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockSeries:Library of Modern Middle East StudiesTheme:Cultural Region/Middle Eastern, Sex & Gender/FemininePublish date:3/30/2016Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9781784531577ISBN-10:178453157XUPC:9781784531577Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Women's StudiesBook Topic:EgyptSize:8.60 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.431Product ID:SCBWBJ72JJ
The percentage of women aged 15-49 in Egypt who have undergone the procedure of female circumcision, or genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) stands at 91%, according to the latest research carried out by UNICEF. Female circumcision has become a global political minefield with 'Western' interventions affecting Egyptian politics and social development, not least in the area of democracy and human rights. Maria Frederika Malmstrom employs an ethnographic approach to this controversial issue, with the aim of understanding how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, and the central role which female circumcision plays in this process. Viewing the concept of 'agency' as critical to the examination of social and cultural trends in the region, Malmstrom explores the lived experiences and social meanings of circumcision and femininity as narrated by women from Cairo. It is through the examination of the voices of these women that she offers an analysis of gender identity in Egypt and its impact on women's sexuality.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9781784531577ISBN-10:178453157XUPC:9781784531577Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Women's StudiesBook Topic:EgyptSize:8.60 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.431Product ID:SCBWBJ72JJ
Maria Frederika Malmstrom holds a doctorate in Social Anthropology from the School of Global Studies, Social Anthropology, University of Gothenburg. She is a Senior Researcher for North Africa in the Conflict, Security and Democratic Transformation cluster at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. She is also a visiting scholar at New York University, working from 2010-2012 in the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and from 2012 in Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts. Malmstrom worked previously as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of School of Global Studies at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and at the Department of Cultural Studies, University West, Sweden. Additionally, she is a gender consultant for UNFPA and UNICEF and a member of several academic and policy networks.
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
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