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Interrogating Harmful Cultural Practices : Gender, Culture and Coercion.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781472428899
  • 1472428897
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.82/92
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction to "Harmful Cultural Practices"; Part 1 Theorizing Harmful Cultural Practices; 1 Interrogating the Concept of "Harmful Cultural Practices"; 2 Harmful Cultural Practices: Towards a Research Frame; Part 2 Policy, Legal Developments and Political Discourse; 3 Harmful Cultural Practices and Minority Women in Europe: From Headscarf Bans to Forced Marriages and Honour Related Violence; 4 "Narratives of Blame" Surrounding HIV and AIDS Eradication Policies and Sexual Cultural Practices in Malawi.
5 Finding a Seat on the Bus: Is the Practice of Sex Segregation among Ultra Orthodox Groups in Israel a Harmful Traditional Practice under CEDAW?Part 3 From FGM to Cosmetic Genital Surgery; 6 Transcending Female Circumcision: A Call for Collective Unmasking; 7 Challenging Mind-Sets: The Diverse Voices of African Women; 8 "The Clitoris is in the Head!" Female Circumcision and the Making of a Harmful Cultural Practice in Egypt; 9 Vaginal Practices across Cultures: Expressions of Gender Inequalities?; Part 4 Globalisation and Emerging Harmful Cultural Practices.
10 Dowry, Activism and Globalisation11 Lip-Plates, "Harm" Debates, and the Cultural Rights of Mursi (Mun) Women; 12 Epilogue: Harm and Well-Being: Cultural Practices and Harmful Global Practices; Index.
Summary: This volume explores a variety of 'harmful cultural practices': a term increasingly employed by organizations working within a human rights framework to refer to certain discriminatory practices against women in the global South. Drawing on recent work by feminists across the social sciences, as well as activists from around the world, this volume discusses and presents research on practices such as veiling, forced marriage, honour related and dowry violence, female genital 'mutilation', lip plates and sex segregation in public space. With attention to the analytic utility of the notion of h.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction to "Harmful Cultural Practices"; Part 1 Theorizing Harmful Cultural Practices; 1 Interrogating the Concept of "Harmful Cultural Practices"; 2 Harmful Cultural Practices: Towards a Research Frame; Part 2 Policy, Legal Developments and Political Discourse; 3 Harmful Cultural Practices and Minority Women in Europe: From Headscarf Bans to Forced Marriages and Honour Related Violence; 4 "Narratives of Blame" Surrounding HIV and AIDS Eradication Policies and Sexual Cultural Practices in Malawi.

5 Finding a Seat on the Bus: Is the Practice of Sex Segregation among Ultra Orthodox Groups in Israel a Harmful Traditional Practice under CEDAW?Part 3 From FGM to Cosmetic Genital Surgery; 6 Transcending Female Circumcision: A Call for Collective Unmasking; 7 Challenging Mind-Sets: The Diverse Voices of African Women; 8 "The Clitoris is in the Head!" Female Circumcision and the Making of a Harmful Cultural Practice in Egypt; 9 Vaginal Practices across Cultures: Expressions of Gender Inequalities?; Part 4 Globalisation and Emerging Harmful Cultural Practices.

10 Dowry, Activism and Globalisation11 Lip-Plates, "Harm" Debates, and the Cultural Rights of Mursi (Mun) Women; 12 Epilogue: Harm and Well-Being: Cultural Practices and Harmful Global Practices; Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This volume explores a variety of 'harmful cultural practices': a term increasingly employed by organizations working within a human rights framework to refer to certain discriminatory practices against women in the global South. Drawing on recent work by feminists across the social sciences, as well as activists from around the world, this volume discusses and presents research on practices such as veiling, forced marriage, honour related and dowry violence, female genital 'mutilation', lip plates and sex segregation in public space. With attention to the analytic utility of the notion of h.

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