ANTHR310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Henna, Labia Minora, Clitoridectomy

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHR310
• Professor: Joseph Hill

Document Summary

The body has become central to many anthropological (and other) theories of gender that look at the body in different ways and for different purposes. Jesus: i am the head, the church is my body (cid:862)man(cid:863) as the head of the household, (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) as the (cid:862)(cid:374)e(cid:272)k(cid:863) Marking the body: tattoos, henna, scarification, self harm, performance, tooth filing, foot binding. The (cid:373)ale (cid:271)od(cid:455) as the ge(cid:374)eri(cid:272), (cid:862)u(cid:374)(cid:373)arked(cid:863) (cid:271)od(cid:455) The recent study of the medicalizatio(cid:374) of (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s se(cid:454)ualit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d se(cid:454)ual fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Skin and hair as indicators of status, the quest for straight hair, light skin, thin body. Type 1: removal of prepu(cid:272)e (cid:894)(cid:272)litoral hood, (cid:862) u(cid:374)(cid:374)ah(cid:863)(cid:895, with part/all of the (cid:272)litoris (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:272)litoride(cid:272)to(cid:373)(cid:455)(cid:863)(cid:895) Type 2: removal/part/all of the labia minora, type 2a + type 1, re(cid:373)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)g la(cid:271)ia (cid:373)ajora (cid:894)(cid:862)e(cid:454)(cid:272)isio(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895), usuall(cid:455) t(cid:455)pe (cid:1006)a + t(cid:455)pe (cid:1005) (cid:894)upper eg(cid:455)pt(cid:895) Labia majora sewn together, leaving a small hole for urination + type 2c: repeated after childbirth.