Author: Saida Hodžić File Type: pdf The last three decades have witnessed a proliferation of nongovernmental organizations engaging in new campaigns to end the practice of female genital cutting across Africa. These campaigns have in turn spurred new institutions, discourses, and political projects, bringing about unexpected social transformations, both intended and unintended. Consequently, cutting is waning across the continent. At the same time, these endings are misrecognized and disavowed by public and scholarly discourses across the political spectrum. What does it mean to say that while cutting is ending, the Western discourse surrounding it is on the rise? And what kind of a feminist anthropology is needed in such a moment?The Twilight of Cutting examines these and other questions from the vantage point of Ghanaian feminist and reproductive health NGOs that have organized campaigns against cutting for over thirty years. The book looks at these NGOs not as solutions but as sites of problematization. The purpose of understanding these Ghanaian campaigns, their transnational and regional encounters, and the forms of governmentality they produce is not to charge them with providing answers to the question, how do we end cutting? Instead, it is to account for their work, their historicity, the life worlds and subjectivities they engender, and the modes of reflection, imminent critique, and opposition they set in motion. **From the Inside Flap In this bold, compelling book, Hodzic shows why female genital cutting has served as the test case for claims regarding humane imperialism and human rights, and for debates about cultural relativism, liberal tolerance, and feminist activism. NorthSouth collaboration to end the practice might serve as a tool of governance, but it also yields unforeseen awareness, questioning, and the unmasking of fetishism. An original, erudite, and important work.Jean Comaroff,Harvard University A tour-de-force feminist analysis of the problem of cutting. Without passing judgment, yet with critical eye intact, Hodzics ethnography explores how Ghanaian NGOs changed lifeworlds and laws about female genital mutilation (FGM) in their efforts to end the practice.Erica Bornstein, author of Disquieting Gifts Humanitarianism in New Delhi About the Author Saida Hodzicis Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University.

Author: Vanessa A. Camilleri File Type: pdf Healing the Inner City Child presents a diverse collection of creative arts therapies approaches to meeting the specific mental health needs of inner city children, who are disproportionately likely to experience violence, crime and family pressures and are at risk of depression and behavioural disorders as a result. The contributors draw on their professional experience in school and community settings to describe a wide variety of suitable therapeutic interventions, including music, play and art therapy as well as psychodrama and dancemovement approaches, that enable children to deal with experiences of trauma, loss, abuse, and other risk factors that may affect their ability to reach their full academic and personal potentials. The contributors examine current research and psychoeducational trends and build a compelling case for the use of creative arts therapies with inner city populations. A must-read for creative arts therapists, psychologists, social workers and educators, this book offers a comprehensive overview of arts-based interventions for anyone working to improve the lives of children growing up in inner city areas. **Review The writing style allows accessibility for a wide range of readers. There are excellent references and subject index, with good signposting for the reader who wants to dip into the book. This is worth reading for the political argument for intervention at a global level and the psychodynamic understanding of life... This should be read by Managers of Children and Young Peoples Directorates and managers of Social Care and Local Service teams. Also any practitioners in multi-agency teams working directly with vulnerable families and young people would appreciate the book. -- British Psychological Society This book is an act of love and dedication and supplies a valuable resource for clinicians, educators, researchers, and students in creative arts therapies and other related human service professions. Given the state of our world, and the plight of youth in our inner cities, it supplies hope, and indeed, makes one proud to be creative art therapist. -- American Dance Therapy Association The contributors use their professional experiences to set out a wide variety of therapeutic interventions such as art, music, drama, and dance therapy, that help children to deal with traumatic experiences and loss in their lives. This particular approach to helping inner city children is based upon the belief that such children are at particular risk of future depression and behavioural problems given their increased exposure to pollution, and instances of violence and crime. -- Child Right I believe that this book is an incredibly useful resource for those of us who work with children at risk it certainly puts arts therapist on the map. I would recommend this book as an extremely useful resource offering sound research, clear definitions and useful examples. -- Sesame Institute Journal This two-part book exposes the reader to professionals who use creative arts therapies and related modalities in working with urban youth. I highly recommend this text to art therapists who are interested in working with urban young people, or who are currently doing this rewarding and challenging work. Camilleri provides a solid foundation for understanding the complexity of this population, and the contributing authors bring a human face to an often underrepresented population. -- Journal of the Art Therapy Association As one of the first educations in the fields of art, music, and dancemovement therapy, I recommend this book to educators, students, and practitioners. The case studies are moving, the implementation of the arts therapies professional and inspiring, and the personal observations insightful. This work is a wonderful testimony to the uniqueness, power, and validity of the creative arts therapies. -- The Arts in Psychotherapy About the Author Vanessa A. Camilleri holds a BA in Psychology and Education from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and an MA in Music Therapy from New York University. She has run two music therapy programs in inner city charter schools in New York City and Washington DC to help children develop social skills that enable them to succeed in school and beyond. She has also supervised undergraduate and graduate level students of music therapy, published several journal articles and book chapters, and has presented at regional and national conferences.