Below are the Further Reading (book) suggestions already made in the book Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation, plus others as this list is updated.
For convenience and to avoid duplication, this page is being shared with the Female Mutilation Worldwide Further Reading page for my narrative ‘FGM stories’ book, Female Mutilation: The truth behind the horrifying global practice of female genital mutilation (New Holland Publishers, 2016). Readers can visit (or return to) the Female Mutilation Worldwide website here.
Please add more suggested Further Readings – your own work or others’ work – below as Comment, with a note if possible about why you recommend the publication. Thanks.
Books
Abusharraf R (2007) Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
Ali N (2010) I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced. New York: Three Rivers Press
Asaah A, Levin T (2009) Empathy and Rage: Female Genital Mutilation in African Literature. Banbury: Ayebia Publishers
Bradley T (2011) Women, Violence and Tradition. London: Zed Books
Bradley T (forthcoming 2016) Women, Violence and Oppression in South Asia. London: IB Tauris
Bradley T, Longman C (2015) Interrogating Harmful Cultural Practices. Abingdon: Ashgate / Routledge
Brooks G (2007) Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. London: Penguin
Burrage H (2015) Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation: A UK Perspective. Abingdon: Ashgate / Routledge
Burrage H (2016) Female Mutilation: The truth behind the horrifying global practice of female genital mutilation. Chatswood: New Holland Publishers
Corby B, Shemmings D, Wilkins D (2012) Child Abuse, 4th Edition: An Evidence Base For Confident Practice . Maidenhead: Open University Press / McGraw Hill
Daniels C, Jackson J (2014) Impolite Conversations. New York: Atria Books
Dawes J (2013) Evil Men. London: Harvard University Press
De Beauvoir S (1949) The Second Sex. London: Vintage
Denholm N (reprinted 2011) Female Genital Mutilation in New Zealand: Understanding and Responding – a guide fir health and child protection professionals. Auckland NZ, FGM Education Programme, New Zealand Ministry of Health
Dirie W (2004) Desert Dawn. London: Virago
Dirie W (2001) Desert Flower. London: Virago
Dirie W (2015) Saving Safa from FGM. London: Virago
Dorkenoo E (1996) Cutting the Rose. Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Douglas M (2002) Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. London: Routledge Classics
Dyhouse C (2014) Girl Trouble. London: Zed Books
Ehrenreich B, English D (1973) Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers. New York: The Feminist Press
El Saadwi N (2007) The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World. London: Zed Books
Epprecht M (2013) Sexuality and Social Justice in Africa. London: Zed Books
Gerry F, Harris L, Sjolin C (2014) Sexual Offenses Handbook: Law Practice and Procedure. London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
Hadikwa Mwaluko N (2013) Waafrika. Frankfurt am Main: UnCut/Voices
Hirsi Ali A (2008) Infidel. London: Pocket Books
Hirsi Ali A (2011) Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey through the Clash of Civilizations. London: Simon & Schuster
Hirsi Ali A (2007) The Caged Virgin: A Muslim Woman’s Cry for Reason. London: Pocket Books
Hodgson D (2013) Gender and Culture at the Limits of Rights. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
Holmes R, Jones N (2013) Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World. London: Zed Books
Jacobs Brumberg J (1998) The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. London: Vintage
Jallow B (2013) The Graveyard Cannot Pray. Leicester: Global Hands Publishing
Kassindja F (1999) Do They Hear You When You Cry. New York: Delta
Khady with Cuny M-T (2010) Blood Stains A Child of Africa Reclaims Her Human Rights. Frankfurt am Main: UnCut/Voices Press
Kostenzer J (2013) Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting in Europe. Saarbrücken: AV Akademikerverlag
Kristof N, WuDunn S (2010) Half the Sky: How to Change the World. London: Virago
Laming L (2003) The Victoria Climbié Enquiry Summary and Recommendations. London: The Stationery Office
Lee Barnes V (1995) Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl. London: Bloomsbury
Leeson J, Gray J (1978) Women and Medicine. London: Tavistock Publications
Lewis J (1969) Anthropology Made Simple. London: William Heinemann
Lightfoot-Klein H (1989) Prisoners of Ritual. London: Routledge
Lockhat H (2004) Female Genital Mutilation: Treating the Tears. Faringdon: Libri Publishing
Momoh C (ed.) (2005) Female Genital Mutilation. London: Radcliffe Publishing
Mottin-Sylla M-H, Palmieri J (2011) Confronting Female Genital Mutilation. Oxford: Pambazuka Press
National FGM Centre (UK, continuously updated) Resources ref ‘eradicating female genital mutilation’ – includes many UK and international documents
Ngozi Adichie C (2014) We Should All Be Feminists. London: Fourth Estate
Powell C (2011) Safeguarding and Child Protection for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors: A Practical Guide. Maidenhead: Open University Press
Prolongeau H (2011) Undoing FGM: Pierre Foldes, The Surgeon Who Restores the Clitoris. Frankfurt am Main: UnCut/Voices
Rahman A, Toubia N (2000) Female Genital Mutilation A Guide To Law and Policies Worldwide. London: Zed Books
Rathbone E (1934) Child Marriage: The Indian Minotaur An Object-Lesson from the Past to the Future. Reading: George Allen & Unwin
Smith J (2013) The Public Woman. London: Westbourne Press
Tuan Y-F (1979) Landscapes of Fear. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
Twongyere H (2012) I Dare To Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books
Valenti J (2010) The Purity Myth. Berkeley: Seal Press
Vogelstein R (2013) Ending Child Marriage: How Elevating the Status of Girls Advances U.S. Foreign Policy Objectives. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press
Wolf N (2013) Vagina: A New Biography. London: Virago
Walker A (1993) Possessing the Secret of Joy. London: Vintage
Wollstonecraft M, Rowbotham S (2010) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Revolutions). London: Verso
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