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Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
Sarah B. M. Webber Rodriguez
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Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MJT; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
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. 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 ... Read more
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. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580464987
SKU
V9781580464987
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About Sarah B. M. Webber Rodriguez
SARAH B. M. RODRIGUEZ is a lecturer in Medical Humanities and Bioethics and in Global Health Studies at Northwestern University.
Reviews for Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
This book should not only be read (and taught) by medical historians and historians of gender and sexuality, but
with the recent surge of genital plastic surgery
one would wish for a copy of Female Circumcision in the waiting rooms of America's plastic surgeons.
BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy throws a flood of light on ... Read more
with the recent surge of genital plastic surgery
one would wish for a copy of Female Circumcision in the waiting rooms of America's plastic surgeons.
BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy throws a flood of light on ... Read more