| Male and female genital cutting among Southern Thailand's Muslims: rituals, biomedical practice and local discourses. | |
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PMID: 20352548 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper explores how local people in a province in southern Thailand perceive the practice of male and female genital cutting. In order to understand the importance placed on these practices, a comparison is drawn between the two and also between the male circumcision and the Buddhist ordination of monks as rites of passage. Discourses on the exposure or concealment of male and female bodies, respectively, witness to the relevance of both the local political-historical context and biomedical hegemony to gendered bodies. The comparisons evince the need to reflect upon the theoretical and ethical implications of studying genital cutting and focusing exclusively on one of the two practices rather than, as this paper claims to be necessary, considering them as inextricably connected. |
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Authors:
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Claudia Merli |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Culture, health & sexuality Volume: 12 ISSN: 1464-5351 ISO Abbreviation: Cult Health Sex Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-19 Completed Date: 2011-01-06 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883416 Medline TA: Cult Health Sex Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 725-38 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, UK. claudia.merli@durham.ac.uk |
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Buddhism Ceremonial Behavior* Child Circumcision, Female / methods* Circumcision, Male / methods* Culture Female Focus Groups Humans Islam* Male Physician's Practice Patterns / statistics & numerical data* Politics Thailand |
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