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Project

Female genital cutting as a religious identity marker among Coptic and Muslim women in Egypt.
Code
3F018211
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Theology and religious studies
  • Social sciences
    • Social and cultural anthropology
Keywords
female genital cutting religion gender agency harmful cultural practices Arabic Contemporary Field research Middle East Ethics and morality Area studies
 
Project description
 

This proposal wants to contribute to our understanding of female religious agency concerning female genital cutting through analysis of religious discourse and ethnographic research among Coptic and Muslim women in Egypt. It focuses on women's negotiation with both internal societal religious and Westernized forces. The project wants to contribute to theorizing of the interplay of gender, religion and agency.