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University at Albany (SUNY) Bookstore - SPRING 2011 | ||
Section 9070 | ||
The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective (1st Edition) by Ellen Gruenbaum Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-8122-1746-2 / 0812217462 ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-1746-9 / 9780812217469 To the Western eye, there is something jarringly incongruous, even shocking, about the image of a six-year-old girl being held down by loving relatives so that her genitals can be cut. Yet two million girls experience this each year. Most Westerners, upon learning of the practice of female circumcis |