Title Bodily integrity and the politics of circumcision : culture, controversy and change / edited by George C. Denniston [and others]

Published New York : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages) : illustrations Contents Circumcision as a memeplex / Hugh Young -- The life of the flesh is in the blood : the meaning of bloodshed in ritual circumcision / Leonard B. Glick -- Zipporah and the bridegroom of blood : searching for the antecedents of Jewish circumcision / Nansi S. Glick -- At the roots of ethnic female genital modification : preliminary report / Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Eleanora Tita, Franco Viviani -- Psycholinguistic approaches to ritual labia minora elongation among the Baganda women of Uganda / Elisabetta Villa and Pia Grassivaro Gallo -- Graphic reproduction of genital stretching in a group of Baganda girls : their psychological experiences / Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Elisabetta Villa, Fabiola Pagani -- Survey on the East-African female students at the University of Padua / Stella Lineri, Chiara Rauhe, Pia Grassivaro Gallo -- Female genital mutilation among African immigrants in Greece: the first cognitive study / Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Anna Iordanidou, Franco Viviani -- Deinfibulation in Italy / Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Lara Franco, Lisa Rivaroli -- Research Center for Preventing and Curing FGM and its complications / Abdulcadir Omar Hussen -- Preliminary research into the psycho-sexual aspects of the operation of defibulation / Saulo Sirigatti [and others] -- Addressing female genital mutilation in Germany :the work of the women's rights organization Terre des Femmes and the situation in Germany / Petra Schnuell, Gritt Richter, Claudia Piccolantonio -- Male circumcision in Italy / Franco Viviani [and others] -- Genital integrity and gender equity / J. Steven Svoboda -- Increasing awareness of iatrogenic damage consequent to male circumcision / Jim Bigelow, R. Wayne Griffiths -- A survey of subjective foreskin sensation in 600 intact men / Peter J. Ball -- Human rights advances in the United States / George C. Denniston -- Toward regulation of non-therapeutic genital surgeries upon minors: a preliminary legal strategy / John V. Geisheker -- Strategies for litigation / David J. Llewellyn -- Of waste and want: a nationwide survey of medicaid funding for medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision / Amber Craig, Dan Bollinger -- A campaign for the eradication of infibulation within an extended family: Khartoum, Sudan / Nagla Dawelbait, Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Marianna Pappalardo Summary Circumcision is a cultural phenomenon that affects 15.3 million children and young adults annually. In terms of gender, 13.3 millions boys and 2 million girls are subjected to the involuntary removal of part or all of their external sex organs every year. Few people, however, ask why such practices persist or how modern societies can tolerate this inherent violation of human rights. The problem of female circumcision is being addressed on an international level, while male circumcision remains a subject many academics are reluctant to fully or impartially examine. This book explores the problem of male and female circumcision in modern society from religious, anthropological, psychological, medical, legal, and ethical perspectives. Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: Culture, Controversy, and Change illuminates the vulnerability of human society to medical, economic, and historical pressures. It provides a much-needed, thoughtful, and detailed analysis of the devastating impact of circumcision on bodily integrity and human rights, and it provides hope for change Analysis geneeskunde medicine volksgezondheid public health recht law persoonlijkheid personality bioethics sociale psychologie social psychology Medicine (General) Geneeskunde (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index Notes Print version record Subject Circumcision -- Congresses Female genital mutilation -- Congresses Human rights -- Congresses Circumcision. Culture. Human rights. Female genital mutilation Circumcision, Male Circumcision, Female Culture Human Rights circumcisions. culture note. culture (concept) Circumcision, Female. Culture. Human rights. Circumcision. Female circumcision. Circumcision, Male. Culture Circumcision Female circumcision Human rights Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Denniston, George C LC no. 2007464579 ISBN 9781402049163 1402049161 1402049153 9781402049156 661061959X 9786610619597

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