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Title: Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women by Alice Walker ISBN: 0-15-600214-0 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: postcolonial ego soapbox
Comment: This postcolonial piece of garbage masks some very real issues. I expected far more intelligence and sensitivity from Alice Walker.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book was great
Comment: Warrior marks was the account of all the time that Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar spent in preparing for the documentary. They did not need to show how the mutilation is done because they painted a vivid enough picture. The book was about the emotional aspect of female genital mutilation. I must say that I commend them, especially Pratibha for the time that they spent preparing for the documentary. The book made me want to see the documentary. When Alice talks about herself in the book, she shows how her experiences were similar to that of the females in Africa. I recommend this book be read and the documentary seen.
Rating: 5
Summary: Takes you out of your comfort zone
Comment: I first became aware of female genital mutilation (FGM) when reading "The Color Purple," and again when reading Fausiya Kassindja's "Do They Hear You When You Cry." These two books led me to read "Warrior Marks." Female genital mutilation is a crime, an outrage, a sin before God. How dare the originators of this heinous procedure presume that what God created is faulty or a mistake? "Warrior Marks" enhanced what I had already learned about FGM. Any man (or woman) who tries to uphold this procedure as something that benefits girls and women is of a criminal mind. There is no benefit to putting a woman through this torture. If men were required to experience a similar experience, we would soon see the end of FGM. Please read this book if you seek another point of view. The addition of Alice Walker's poetry and the sharing of her experiences as she and Pratibha Parmar traveled through Africa is an eye-opener, and the way the book is written gives the reader a personal view in the same way that Ms. Kassindja's book does. Ms. Walker gives the women that she writes about a certain dignity, and while the reader may not be able to identify with the physical pain, some of the emotions may be felt. This is definitely a 5-star book.
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Title: Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker ISBN: 0671789422 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa by Hanny Lightfoot-Klein ISBN: 091839368X Publisher: Harrington Park Pr Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Female Genital Mutilation : A Practical Guide to Worldwide Laws & Policies by Anika Rahman, Nahid Toubia ISBN: 1856497739 Publisher: Zed Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective by Ellen Gruenbaum ISBN: 0812217462 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja ISBN: 0385319940 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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