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Title Education, Class, and Female Genital Cutting among the Samburu of Northern Kenya: Challenging the Reproduction of the 'Ignorant Pastoralist' Narrative in Anticutting Campaigns
Full text https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/37136/1/10778012221079376.pdf
Date 2022
Author(s) Van Bavel, Hannelore
Abstract Based on ethnographic research among the Samburu of northern Kenya, this article examines the association between formal education and the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It challenges the notion that Samburu continue cutting out of 'ignorance' of the health and legal implications of cutting. The findings show that, rather than a causal effect of 'knowledge' on cutting-related attitudes and behavior, formal education can replace FGM/C as a source for status, respect, and adulthood. In addition, alternative expectations apply to formally educated Samburu. Challenging the reproduction of the 'ignorant pastoralist' narrative in anticutting campaigns is important because of the harm such narratives inflict on pastoralist communities.
Language en
Publisher Sage
Relation https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/37136/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10778012221079376; 10.1177/10778012221079376
Type of publication Journal Article; PeerReviewed
Format text
Rights cc_by_4
Identifier Van Bavel, Hannelore (2022) 'Education, Class, and Female Genital Cutting among the Samburu of Northern Kenya: Challenging the Reproduction of the 'Ignorant Pastoralist' Narrative in Anticutting Campaigns.' Violence Against Women. p. 107780122210793. (Forthcoming)
Repository London - SOAS, University of London
Added to C-A: 2022-05-09;09:48:08