Discursive (de)legitimation strategies in Malaysian news media discourse on female circumcision (sunat perempuan)

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Discursive (de)legitimation strategies in Malaysian news media discourse on female circumcision (sunat perempuan)

This article unpacks the discursive (de)legitimation strategies used by the Malaysian government and Malaysian civil society organisations to construct and contest the legitimacy of female circumcision in Malaysia. This paper examines the ways in which female circumcision in Malaysia is legitimised...

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Main Authors:	Nik Soffiya Nik Mat, Surinderpal Kaur, Stefanie Pillai
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22736/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22736/1/TT%2012.pdf

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