Producing FGM in U.S. Courts
Political Asylum in the Post-Kasinga Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9480902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer E Coffman (0009-0009-0475-0881, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 58-84 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.58 |
| OpenAlex | W1997797546 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article tracks the production and legacy of the strategically essentialized identities that made Fauziya Kasinga's case winnable. Examinations of subsequent cases of U.S. asylum-seekers who claimed to flee female genital cutting, often referred to as female genital mutilation, or FGM, in court proceedings, demonstrate ways in which the Kasinga decision restructured the possibilities for African claimants to apply successfully for FGM-based political asylum, while feeding global efforts to eradicate female genital cutting in Africa
Biology · Female circumcision · Gynecology · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sex organ · Sociology · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Medicine
Engaging Cultural Differences
The Hosken report
The Cultural Defense
The Female Circumcision Controversy
Senses of Place
Cultural logics of belonging and movement Transnationalism, naturalization, and U.S. immigration politics
Grassroots in Kenya
Analyses and Interventions
Obtaining Asylum from Partner Abuse
Anthropologists, moralities, and relativities
The Representation of African Pastoralists
Do They Hear You When You Cry
Midwifery Training and Female Circumcision in the Inter-War Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Commentary
The Poor Are Not Us
Commentry
Representations of Indigenousness
Anthropologists' Expertise Can Aid Asylum Seekers
The Ones That Are Wanted
"Searching for "Voices
Maasai on the Lawn
The Maasai and the Lion King
Womb as Oasis
Chronicle of a Savanna Marriage
But Where Are the Cattle? Popular Images of Maasai and Zulu across the Twentieth Century
Persistent Popular Images of Pastoralists
How Visual Figures Speak
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2017 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |