Circumcision and Excision in Egyptian Nubia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2569992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John G Kennedy (0000-0002-7258-6528) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175 |
| Publication date | 1970-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Man (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-1496 • E-ISSN: 2397-2548 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2799646 |
| OpenAlex | W1581399764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
Both male and female circumcision has been practiced in Egypt and parts of the Middle East since antiquity. The practice is still universal in the Middle East and female excision is widely practiced in Islamic countries from India to Morocco. Ethnographers have not studied the practice much mainly because it seems not to support their theories regarding rites of passage. Both the procedures and ceremonies surrounding the Egyptian Nubian ritual are described in their historical and presentday forms. The practices embody a complex array of interrelated social cultural and religious principles. Traditionally the boys ceremony was carried out at any time from 40 days after birth to age 10 with the peak between 3-5. It was important for the family to make a show of wealth at the ceremony. The Nubian excision operation is more extreme and radical than the male procedure. It involves removal of the clitoris and closure of the vulva with scar tissue. Referred to as the pharaonic or Sudanese style circumcision it is an actual infibulation. While more severe an operation the female procedure is more private and less celebrated than the male one. The operation is considered necessary for both sexes as a religious ceremony to promote fertility and to maintain good bodily health. In its emphasis on sexuality the circumcision ceremony resembles the wedding in significance and ritual
Ancient history · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Genital Health and Disease · History · Medicine
Male genital mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation
Attitudes and attitude differences to female genital mutilation in the sudan
Derechos humanos y tradiciones comunitarias
Female Circumcision in Egypt
Hotspots of female genital mutilation/cutting and associated factors among girls in Ethiopia
Critiquing circumcision
Anthropologists, moralities, and relativities
Female genital mutilation
Female Genital Mutilations in Africa
Nubian Dhikr Rituals and Cultural Change
Seduções e traições de gênero no Islã
A sedução interrompida
Ending Footbinding and Infibulation
Cultivating the Body
Female circumcision and gender identity
On Cutting Women's Genitals
The determinants of female circumcision among adolescents from communities that practice female circumcision in two Nairobi informal settlements
Female Genital Cutting
Female Genital Surgeries
Female Circumcision and Genital Operations in Egypt and the Sudan
Womb as Oasis
Father Absence and Cross-Sex Identity
Female genital mutilation, fertility control, women's roles, and the patrilineage in modern Sudan
Rethinking Circumcision and Sexuality in the United States
Anthropology and Circumcision
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2021 (48) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |