Sarah B M Webber Rodriguez

Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States

A History of a Medical Treatment

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Produktbeschreibung

A history of surgeries on the clitoris, and what these tell us about American medical ideas concerning the female body and female sexuality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781648250958
• ISBN-10: 1648250955
• Artikelnr.: 69977497

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