Sarah B M Webber Rodriguez

Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States

A History of a Medical Treatment

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, revealing what the therapeutic use of female circumcision and clitoridectomy tells us about American medical ideas concerning the female body and female sexuality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781580464987
• ISBN-10: 158046498X
• Artikelnr.: 40493754

Autorenporträt

SARAH B. M. RODRIGUEZ is a lecturer in Medical Humanities and Bioethics and in Global Health Studies at Northwestern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Rethinking the History of Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States Women
Masturbation
and Clitoral Surgery
1862-1945 Children
Masturbation
and Clitoral Surgery since 1890 Female Sexual Degeneracy and the Enlarged Clitoris
1850-1941 Female Circumcision to Promote Clitoral Orgasm
1890-1945 Female Circumcision as Sexual Enhancement Therapy during the Era of the Vaginal Orgasm
1940-66 Female Circumcision and the Divisive Issue of Female Clitoral Sexual Pleasure Go Public
1966-89 James Burt and the Surgery of Love
1966-89 Conclusion: Genital Geographies Appendix: The Clitoris in Anatomy and Gynecology Texts Notes Bibliography Index