In this Issue

Table of Contents

Genital Cutting: The Past and Present of a Polythetic Category

Harriet D. Lyons
pp. 3-17
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Introducing Alternative Rites of Passage

Miroslava Prazak
pp. 19-40
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Contingency, Context, and Change: Negotiating Female Genital Cutting in The Gambia and Senegal

Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan
pp. 43-57
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Producing FGM in U.S. Courts: Political Asylum in the Post-Kasinga Era

Jennifer E. Coffman
pp. 59-84
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"I have changed my mind now": U.S. Students' Responses to Female Genital Cutting in Africa

Mwenda Ntarangwi
pp. 87-108
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Grains from Grass: Aging, Gender, and Famine in Rural Africa (review)

Miriam S. Chaiken
pp. 109-110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.109
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A Hill among a Thousand: Transformation and Ruptures in Rural Rwanda (review)

David S. Newbury
pp. 110-114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.110
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Civil Militia: Africa's Intractable Security Menace? (review)

John W. Harbeson
pp. 114-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.114
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South Africa and the Logic of Regional Cooperation (review)

Anthony Lemon
pp. 116-118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.116
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African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900-50 (review)

M. N. Amutabi
pp. 118-121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.118
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The Democratic Republic of Congo: Economic Dimensions of War and Peace (review)

Michael Niemann
pp. 121-123
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.121
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The Next Liberation Struggle: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy in Southern Africa (review)

Gilbert M. Khadiagala
pp. 123-125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.123
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Globalization and Post-Apartheid South Africa (review)

Edward R. McMahon
pp. 125-126
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Anthropological Perspectives on Female Genital Cutting: Embodying Tradition, Violence, and Social Resilience

Miroslava Prazak, Jennifer E. Coffman
pp. v-xi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.53.4.v
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Books Received

p. 127
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Contributors

pp. 129-130
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