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Born in the Big Rains
Fadumo KornSabine Eichhorst
其他書名
A Memoir of Somalia and Survival
出版Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2006
主題Biography & Autobiography / WomenSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Women's StudiesTravel / Africa / GeneralTravel / Essays & Travelogues
ISBN15586153189781558615311
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=biS1AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) activist Fadumo Korn forthrightly describes her brutal circumcision at age seven and her long and agonizing path to physical and psychological recovery." "As a child, Fadumo freely roams the steppes of Somalia until her mother delivers her into the hands of an excisor to undergo a horrific "ritual" cutting to make her a woman in the eyes of her tribe. When complications ensue - and escalate - Fadumo travels to the sprawling capital of Mogadishu and the household of a relative who is close to the incoming Somali president. The girl then experiences firsthand a world of incongruous luxury amid political instability in a country on the edge of civil war. Fadumo's condition later becomes so life threatening that she is sent for treatment to Germany, where she recovers. Eventually, Fadumo marries and, following corrective surgery, she bears a child." "Fadumo Korn weaves together a sensitive understanding of traditional practices with revelations about their disturbing effects. This memoir is an unblinkered history of a life replete with trauma and pain as well as recovery and activism. Today, Korn campaigns against FGM while remaining sensitive to the fact that many young African women value it as a passage to womanhood."--BOOK JACKET.