Negotiating Female Genital Cutting as a Difficult Characteristic in Kurdish National Identity

Based on fieldwork among Kurds in Norway, this article explores how participants described the presence of female genital cutting (FGC) in Kurdistan as a difficult topic to address in public. Perceptions of how FGC should be addressed ranged from acknowledging and directly confronting it to silencin...

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Main Authors: Ingvild Bergom Lunde, Mette Sagbakken, R. Elise B. Johansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2019-09-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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Online Access:https://journal-njmr.org/articles/301