Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Kinaalda |
Navajo puberty ceremony, celebrating the maturity of girls in the Navajo tribe |
|
|
Type One (FGC) |
the removal of the clitoris (clitoerodectomy) |
|
|
Type Two (FGC) |
the removal of the clitoris and the inner labia (excision) |
|
|
Type Three (FGC) |
removing the clitoris and labia and stitching together the edges of the vulva (infibulation) |
|
|
Type Four (FGC) |
Labia piercing for aesthetic purposes |
|
|
Social Capital |
value derived from social networks, expectation of cooperation within a community |
|
|
Female genital cutting vs. female genital mutilation |
mutilation cogitates intentional harm while cutting gives a meaning to the purification aspect
|
|
|
Moolaade |
magical protection or spell ex: Colle put a moolaade out for the girls who ran from the cutting ritual in order to protect them |
|
|
Bilakoro |
Term used to describe an un-cut or un-purified female ex: Colle's daughter was referred to as bilakoro because she did not go through the genital cutting process |
|
|
Hijra |
a person who adopts a gender role that is neither male or female |
|
|
3 aspects of hijra life |
sex and gender, religion, politics |
|
|
fictive kinship |
people who are regarded as family but are not related by blood or marriage ties ex: My best friend Nigel is not related to me by blood or marriage but I still consider and treat him like my own family |
|
|
Two spirits |
Native American term used to describe an individual with both a masculine and feminine characteristics ex: |
|
|
Bahuchara Mata |
Hindu goddess ex: The hijras devoted to this goddess, she is like a mother to them |
|
|
Changing woman |
myth in the Kinaalda who embodies fertility and the power of woman ex: changing woman was the myth of the first Navajo girl who was given life by the sun |
|
|
Hijras religious pluralism |
combing two or more religions ex: the Hijras practice a combination of Hindu and Islam |
|
|
African aesthetic in Moolade |
spokesperson, oral tradition, narrative ex: The mercenary was the spokesperson when the prince came back home in the Moolade film |
|
|
Naran |
is a unisex name that can be used for a boy or a girl ex: Dylan is a unisex name |
|
|
Kothi |
Feminine men/boys who take a feminine role in sex with men, common in India ex: Kothi's are similar to hijras but are often prostitutes |
|
|
Shiva |
One of the main Hindu gods who incorporates both male and female characteristics ex: Shiva is one of the gods that the Hijras worship |
|
|
Panthi |
are the sexual partners of Kothis |
