The Modifications of Female Genitals in the Discourse of Human Rights Of Women. Humanitarian Morality, Subjection and Vernacularization

Genital modifications are rites of institution related to gender binarism. The article elucidates how only some of them came to be depicted as “traditional”, irrational, backward, and harmful by the humanitarian morality, which, after having associated them to “non-therapeutic” reasons, labelled the...

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Autores principales:	Giovanna Cavatorta, Michela Fusaschi
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Lenguaje:	EN IT
Publicado:	University of Bologna 2021
Materias:	humanitarian reason subjection human rights critical anthropology gender Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9bd2877b91c44b338792d3a9d048f6e52021-11-08T15:41:09ZThe Modifications of Female Genitals in the Discourse of Human Rights Of Women. Humanitarian Morality, Subjection and Vernacularization1590-49461825-961810.6092/issn.1825-9618/13708https://doaj.org/article/9bd2877b91c44b338792d3a9d048f6e52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scienzaepolitica.unibo.it/article/view/13708https://doaj.org/toc/1590-4946https://doaj.org/toc/1825-9618Genital modifications are rites of institution related to gender binarism. The article elucidates how only some of them came to be depicted as “traditional”, irrational, backward, and harmful by the humanitarian morality, which, after having associated them to “non-therapeutic” reasons, labelled them as “Female Genital Mutilation”. The authors illustrate the problematical aspects of this globalised order of discourse on FGM, by articulating theories on humanitarian reason, gendered subjection and vernacularization. Thanks to the ethnography, the essay highlights that critical political anthropology is needed in order to stop concealing the multiple subjectivities who are implicated in this issue.Giovanna CavatortaMichela FusaschiUniversity of Bolognaarticlehumanitarian reasonsubjectionhuman rightscritical anthropologygenderPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENITScienza & Politica, Vol 33, Iss 64, Pp 33-51 (2021)
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description	Genital modifications are rites of institution related to gender binarism. The article elucidates how only some of them came to be depicted as “traditional”, irrational, backward, and harmful by the humanitarian morality, which, after having associated them to “non-therapeutic” reasons, labelled them as “Female Genital Mutilation”. The authors illustrate the problematical aspects of this globalised order of discourse on FGM, by articulating theories on humanitarian reason, gendered subjection and vernacularization. Thanks to the ethnography, the essay highlights that critical political anthropology is needed in order to stop concealing the multiple subjectivities who are implicated in this issue.
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title	The Modifications of Female Genitals in the Discourse of Human Rights Of Women. Humanitarian Morality, Subjection and Vernacularization
title_short	The Modifications of Female Genitals in the Discourse of Human Rights Of Women. Humanitarian Morality, Subjection and Vernacularization
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The Modifications of Female Genitals in the Discourse of Human Rights Of Women. Humanitarian Morality, Subjection and Vernacularization

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