'Secrets' that kill: Crisis, custodianship and responsibility in ritual male circumcision in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
'Secrets' that kill: Crisis, custodianship and responsibility in ritual male circumcision in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.016
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Kepe, Thembela
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作者：
Kepe, Thembela
本文分析了南非传统领导人与后种族隔离政府之间关于男性割礼危机的紧张关系。在过去20年里，在男性包皮环切术仪式之后，数千名年轻人被送往医院，数百人接受了阴茎截肢，数百人死亡。在政府通过立法和其他卫生措施进行干预之后，传统领导人声称这是对宪法规定的文化权利的侵犯。根据报纸和期刊文章、书籍、政策文件和立法，以及对同修及其父母的非正式访谈和对东开普省(2002-2009年)的实地观察，本文探讨了传统领导人挑战的有效性，认为仪式中的危机应该从更广泛的背景下看待，而不是传统领导人与国家之间的紧张关系。最后，论文认为，传统领导人和政府之间的紧张关系，以及媒体对此的耸人听闻的报道，不幸地转移了人们对仪式中健康危机的关注。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
This paper analyses a tension between traditional leaders and the post-apartheid government in South Africa, concerning the crisis in ritual male circumcision. Over the last two decades, following ritual male circumcision, thousands of youth have been admitted to hospitals, hundreds have undergone penile amputations and hundreds have died. Following the government's intervention through legislation and other health measures, traditional leaders allege that this is a violation of cultural rights enshrined in the Constitution. Drawing on newspaper and journal articles, books, policy documents, and legislation, as well as informal interviews with initiates and their parents and field observations in the Eastern Cape Province (2002-2009), this paper explores the validity of the traditional leaders' challenge, arguing that the crisis in the ritual should be seen in a broader context than the tension between traditional leaders and the state. Finally, the paper argues the tension between traditional leaders and government, and the sensational reporting of this by the media, unfortunately takes away focus from the health crisis in the ritual. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.