Searching for "voices": Feminism, anthropology, and the global debate over female genital operations

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 405-438

  Walley, Christine J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; COLONIALISM--HISTORY; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EVALUATION; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUES; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS; WORLD;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHROPOLOGY; COLONIALISM--HISTORY; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUES; KENYA; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S STATUS; WORLD;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANTHROPOLOGY; COLONIALISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMINISM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0031195328     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.1997.12.3.405     Document Type: Article

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