Female Circumcision And Clitoridectomy In The United States
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Female Circumcision And Clitoridectomy In The United States
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Author : Sarah B. Rodriguez
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2014
Female Circumcision And Clitoridectomy In The United States written by Sarah B. Rodriguez and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Health & Fitness categories.
In 'Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States', Sarah Rodriguez presents an engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, revealing how medical views of the female body and female sexuality have changed, and in some cases not changed, throughout the last century and a half.
Female Circumcision And Clitoridectomy In The United States
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Author : Sarah B. M. Webber Rodriguez
language : en
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Release Date : 2024-05-28
Female Circumcision And Clitoridectomy In The United States written by Sarah B. M. Webber Rodriguez and has been published by University of Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-28 with Health & Fitness categories.
An engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, and what these tell us about American medical ideas concerning the female body and female sexuality. From the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, American physicians treated women and girls for masturbation by removing the clitoris (clitoridectomy) or clitoral hood (female circumcision). During this same time, and continuing to today, physicians also performed female circumcision to enable women to reach orgasm. Though used as treatment, paradoxically, for both a perceived excessive sexuality and a perceived lack of sexual responsiveness, these surgeries reflect a consistent medical conception of the clitoris as a sexual organ. In recent years the popular media and academics have commented on the rising popularity in the United States of female genital cosmetic surgeries, including female circumcision, yet these discussions often assume such procedures are new. In Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States: A History of a Medical Treatment, Sarah Rodriguez presents an engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, revealing how medical views of the female body and female sexuality have changed -- and in some cases not changed -- throughout the last century and a half. Sarah B. Rodriguez is lecturer in medical humanities and bioethics and in global health studies at Northwestern University.
Female Genital Cutting
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Author : Elizabeth Heger Boyle
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2005-09-09
Female Genital Cutting written by Elizabeth Heger Boyle and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-09 with Medical categories.
The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition. While it typically produces a visceral response of horror and revulsion in Westerners, the practice is widely regarded in some cultures as essential for proper development into womanhood and is defended by women who have themselves experienced it and who have had the procedure performed on their own daughters. It is also perceived in many Islamic communities as religiously prescribed, although most Islamic clerics do not condone the practice. In this study, sociologist Elizabeth Boyle examines this controversial issue from the perspectives of the international system, governments, and individuals. Drawing on previous scholarship, records of international organizations, demographic surveys, and the popular media, Boyle examines how the issue is perceived and acted upon at international, national, and individual levels. Grounding her work in the sociological theory of neoinstitutionalism, Boyle describes how the choices made by governments and individual women are influenced by the often conflicting principles of individual human rights and sovereign autonomy. She concludes that while globalization may exacerbate such conflicts, it can ultimately lead to social change.
Prisoners Of Ritual
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Author : Hanny Lightfoot-Klein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1989
Prisoners Of Ritual written by Hanny Lightfoot-Klein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This unique volume focuses on the psychosexual and social effects of female genital mutilation, an ancient, deeply entrenched custom saturating the larger part of Africa. Over a period of six years, Author Hanny Lightfoot-Klein trekked through outlying areas of Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, where she lived with a number of African families. What she learned by way of in-depth personal interviews and firsthand observation has enabled her to add a previously unknown and often astonishing dimension to our knowledge of ritual practices and human sexuality. This valuable book will be extremely helpful to professionals and scholars in women's studies, social psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, gynecology, sexology, as well as cross-cultural and African studies. It should also interest anyone who is concerned with male circumcision in the United States.
Female Circumcision
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Author : Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-03-01
Female Circumcision written by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across Africa and Asia, this ritual is hotly debated. Supporters regard it as a central coming-of-age ritual that ensures chastity and promotes fertility. Human rights groups denounce the procedure as barbaric. It is estimated that between 100 million and 130 million girls and women today have undergone forms of this genital surgery. Female Circumcision gathers together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the United States, and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice. This work brings African women's voices into the discussion, foregrounds indigenous processes of social and cultural change, and demonstrates the manifold linkages between respect for women's bodily integrity, the empowerment of women, and democratic modes of economic development. This volume does not focus narrowly on female circumcision as a set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society. Instead, the contributors explore a chain of connecting issues and processes through which the practice is being transformed in local and transnational contexts. The authors document shifts in local views to highlight processes of change and chronicle the efforts of diverse communities as agents in the process of cultural and social transformation.
Female Genital Mutilation
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Author : Comfort Momoh
language : en
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Female Genital Mutilation written by Comfort Momoh and has been published by Radcliffe Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Clitoridectomy categories.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is regarded as either a human rights violation or as female circumcision, a traditional cultural practice in some African and Islamic countries. A UK public health /FGM consultant who works with immigrants and advocates for its eradication introduces a dozen chapters examining religious, legal, ethical, and health aspects. For caseworkers, policy makers, and academics, the reader includes diagrams of types of FGM, data, a glossary, support advice and resources. Published by Radcliffe Medical Press, Ltd. Distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation :2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Female Circumcision Excision And Infibulation
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Female Circumcision Excision And Infibulation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
Female Circumcision Excision And Infibulation
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Author : Stella Efua Graham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Female Circumcision Excision And Infibulation written by Stella Efua Graham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Circumcision categories.
Female Genital Mutilation
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Author : Rosemarie Skaine
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2005-09-27
Female Genital Mutilation written by Rosemarie Skaine and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-27 with Health & Fitness categories.
"This book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. The book concludes with thoughts on the movement from tradition to cultural evolution."--Provided by publisher.
Circumcision Public Health Genital Autonomy And Cultural Rights
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Author : Matthew Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Circumcision Public Health Genital Autonomy And Cultural Rights written by Matthew Johnson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Health & Fitness categories.
Circumcision is one of the oldest and most common surgical processes, being practised, for a range of medical, social and religious reasons, on up to 30% of males worldwide. It is currently being promoted by a range of health bodies as a means of tackling HIV in developing countries. Yet, there is significant concern about sexual, physiological and psychological effects and complications and its prophylactic effectiveness. In examining a case in which a failed circumcision was performed for religious reasons, the Regional Court in Cologne decided that the practice contravened the bodily autonomy of minors and was subject to the same legislation used to classify female genital cutting as assault. This, understandably, aroused serious concerns among various religious communities who practise circumcision. At the same time as religious groups seek to protect circumcision from comparisons with female genital cutting, there is a trend, particularly in post-colonial thought in the US, to revise negative understandings of female genital cutting by making cautious, positive comparisons with circumcision. This collection considers the apparent contradictions and complications of the contemporary status and deployment of the many forms of genital cutting, raising a serious, wide-reaching question: what scope should society have to impose physically invasive rites on people? This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Discourse.