Embodying transition: Fgc, displacement, and gender-making for sudanese in cairo

Feminist Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 90-110

  Fabos, Anita Häusermann ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dislocation; Female circumcision; Gender and morality; Maternity; Sudanese community

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035541526     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01417780110070139     Document Type: Article

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