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Free Thinking 2013 - Cutting Tradition

Free Thinking 2013 - Cutting Tradition

FromArts & Ideas


Free Thinking 2013 - Cutting Tradition

FromArts & Ideas

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What do recent debates among medical ethicists and lawyers over male infant circumcision reveal about the different ways we view male and female bodies? Rebecca Steinfeld, from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, looks at changing attitudes to religious traditions involving genital cutting. Recorded on Sunday 27th October 2013 in front of a live audience at Sage Gateshead as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking festival.
Released:
Aug 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

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Leading artists, writers, thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives & links between past & present and new academic research.