Suzette Heald's Manhood and Morality, published by Routledge in 1999, is a scholarly study of circumcision ritual, sexuality and violence in Gisu society in Uganda, grounded in Heald's own long-term fieldwork. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed academic monograph combining sustained ethnographic observation with a clear analytical argument about the relationship between ritual and social order. Its limit is that it describes Gisu practice as Heald observed and documented it over her fieldwork period, so a claim about how the ritual is practiced today, after further social change, needs a more current source alongside this study.
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Published by Routledge in 1999, Suzette Heald's peer reviewed academic monograph grounded in her own long-term fieldwork, treated at the top tier. NotesScholarly study of sex, violence and ritual in Gisu society.
Citation
AuthorSuzette Heald
PublisherRoutledge
Publication Year1999
Source TypeEthnography
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)
This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Rituals, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religions, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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