Shades of othering: Reflections on female circumcision/genital mutilation

Signs

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1030-1048

  James, Stanlie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0007248983     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/495300     Document Type: Review

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