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Female Initiation Rites

Female Initiation Rites is a ritual practice that constitutes a formal rite of passage, specifically distinguishing the transition of girls into womanhood within sociocultural and religious communities through prescribed ceremonies, symbolic acts, and communal recognition.

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78

Authors

41

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2017–2026

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Female Initiation Rituals

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Publications

63

Ending Footbinding and Infibulation: A Convention Account

Gerry Mackie · American Sociological Review · 1996 · 784 citations

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Nudity as a Costume in Classical Art

Larissa Bonfante · American Journal of Archaeology · 1989 · 299 citations

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The Changing Context of Sexual Initiation in sub‐Saharan Africa

Barbara Mensch, Monica J. Grant, Ann K. Blanc · Population and Development Review · 2006 · 203 citations

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Chisungu: A Girls' Initiation Ceremony Among the Bemba of Zambia

Lucy Mair, Audrey I. Richards · RAIN · 1982 · 149 citations

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Chisungu : a girls' initiation ceremony among the Bemba of Northern Rhodesia

Audrey I. Richards · 1956 · 145 citations

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Authors

78

  1. JB
    John Blacking

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 88 citations

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  2. AI
    Audrey I. Richards

    Crawley Hospital, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 294 citations

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  3. TF
    Thomas F. Johnston

    Coherent (United States), United States

    2 publications · 25 citations

    2

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  4. BL
    Bruce Lincoln

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  5. MS
    Marijke Steegstra

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

41

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    88 citations

  2. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    298 citations

  4. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Population Council

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    203 citations

  6. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. University City Science Center

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    203 citations

  8. University of Iceland

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. African Studies

    4 publications · 115 citations

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  2. American Anthropologist

    3 publications · 125 citations

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  3. Man

    3 publications · 115 citations

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  4. American Journal of Archaeology

    2 publications · 361 citations

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  5. Journal of Religion in Africa

    2 publications · 32 citations

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