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    Not All African Women Want to be Saved: Examining Colonialism and Cultural Relativism in the Female Genital Cutting Discourse Using the Capabilities Approach

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    2018
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    Chung, Stephanie R.
    Subject
    Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in Shepherd Poverty Program
    Capabilities approach (Social sciences)
    Female circumcision
    Feminist theory
    Cultural relativism
    Africa
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    Capstone; [FULL-TEXT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOLLOWING A 3-YEAR EMBARGO]
     
    Stephanie R. Chung is a member of the Class of 2018 of Washington and Lee University.
     
    In this paper, I use Sen and Nussbaum’s capabilities approach to examine the global female genital cutting debate. In doing so, I explore how and why African feminists protest the intrusion of Western feminism into this issue and the conflicting “facts” in this debate. I find that women who support FGC and those who oppose FGC are using the same capabilities to understand FGC but interpret these capabilities in different ways. Finally, I explore what this analysis can tell us about the dangers of universalizing Western philosophy to African contexts.
     
    Stephanie Chung
     
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11021/33951
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