From: "jabbenyi" <jabbenyi-AT-ocean.otr.usm.edu> Subject: Re: FGM - beyond victimage - Walker's Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 06:39:23 -0600 I second Alpana's recommendation. One thing though, the distributor is California Newsreel. Tel.: 415/621-6191--Juliana M.N. Abbenyi. > Dear Joe, > > There is an excellent documentary film by Togolese filmmaker Anne-Laure Folly > called Femmes aux Yeux Ouverts (Women with Open Eyes) that addresses genital > mutilation in the feminist context of other socio-cultural and economic African > concerns: marital rights, reproductive health, women's role in the economy, and > political rights. The West African countries addressed are Burkina Faso, Mali, > Senegal, and Benin. It does what Warrior Marks doesn't do: speak from an African, > very powerful feminist perspective without fetishizing female genital mutilation. > I believe the distributor is Women Make Movies. Take care, > > Alpana Knippling > U. of Nebraska-Lincoln > ask-AT-unlinfo.unl.edu > > Joenclarke-AT-aol.com wrote: > > > Greetings all: > > I was actually wondering what sources are out there that might be helpful in > > discussing genital mutilation with undergraduates (juniors). I'm teaching > > Woman at Point Zero" amongst other texts that broach the subject in my > > "Politics of Gender in African fiction" course. I have not been able to sit > > through the Walker film because it epitomized to me a kind of Black American > > cultural imperialism under the guise of progressive politics. I remember with > > some rage her discussion of going to Jamaica "in search of Bob Marley." Simply > > appalling. > > Anyhoo, any advice would be helpful > > > > Joe clarke > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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