Human rights and human rites: advocacy, relativism, and the issue of female genital mutilation
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Issue Date
2002
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Authors
Digan, Becky
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Citation
Digan, Becky. (2002). Human rights and human rites: advocacy, relativism, and the issue of female genital mutilation. -- Lambda Alpha Journal, 2002, p.18-27.
Abstract
Author critically considers the tension within the discipline of anthropology between moral relativists and the advocacy anthropologists who call for research, political action, educational programming, and policy making to eradicate female genital mutilation.