The cultural context of gender, identity: Female genital, excision and infibulation

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-124

  Vissandjée, Bilkis ^a   Kantiébo, Mireille ^a   Levine, Alissa ^b   N’Dejuru, Radegonde ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Quebec Women's Health Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMIGRANT; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ACCULTURATION; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0037945853     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390170097     Document Type: Article

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