{"product_id":"the-twilight-of-cutting-9780520291997","title":"The Twilight of Cutting","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to say that while cutting is ending, the Western discourse surrounding it is on the rise? And what kind of a feminist anthropology is needed in such a moment? This book examines these questions from the vantage point of Ghanaian feminist and reproductive health NGOs that have organized campaigns against cutting over the years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This rich ethnography has much to say about civil society and feminist problems in a 21st century postcolonial nation.\" * Somatosphere *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a gem for it offers insights into issues of interest to a wide range of scholars such as development specialists, anthropologists, Africanist scholars and feminists.\" * African Review of Economics *\u003cbr\u003e\"Hodžić’s ethnography compellingly reveals the ways in which FGM as a discursive concept remains active in the wake of the ending of genital cutting practices.\" * Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute *\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers can expect a brilliant feminist critique of the 'problematisation' of female genital cutting.\" * Journal of Modern African Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"A timely contribution to pan-African scholarship.\" * Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Coming to Questions  Introduction: Governmentality against Itself   1 * Colonial Reason, Sensibility, and the Ethnographic Style  2 * Making Harmful Traditional Practices  3 * When Cutting Did and Did Not End  4 * Mistaken by Design: Biopolitics in Practice  5 * Blood Loss and Slow Harm in Times of Scarcity  6 * Th e Feminist Fetish: Legal Advocacy  7 * Against Sovereign Violence   Epilogue  Acknowledgments  Acronyms  Notes  References  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402888520023,"sku":"9780520291997","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520291997.jpg?v=1730481781","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-twilight-of-cutting-9780520291997","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}