TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Education, class, and female genital cutting among the Samburu of Northern Kenya: challenging the reproduction of the "ignorant pastoralist" narrative in anticutting campaigns
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Van Bavel, Hannelore
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012221079376
ID  - ref1
ER  -