| Description |
xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Internation Symposium on Sexual Mutilation, 4, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1996 |
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Internation Symposium on Sexual Mutilation ; 4, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1996
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: History. The Geography of Male and Female Genital Mutilation; J. DeMeo. A Short History of the Institutionalization of Involuntary Sexual Mutilation in the United States; F. Hodges. Medicine. Functional and Erotic Consequences of Sexual Mutilations; G. Zwang. The Human Prepuce; M.M. Lander. Survey. Circumcision: an Iatrogenic Epidemic; G.C. Denniston. Why Does Neonatal Circumcision Persist in the United States?; R.S. Van Howe. Psychology. Learned Helplessness: A Concept for the Future; M. Odent. Long-Term Consequences of Neonatal Circumcision: A Preliminary Poll of Circumcised Males; T. Hammond. Female Genital Mutilation. Similarities in Attitudes and Misconceptions About Male and Female Sexual Mutilations; H. Lightfoot-Klein. female Genital Mutilation; B. Ras-Work. Activism. Redefining the Sacred; M. Pollack. Challenging Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective; J. Goodman. Law. Mutilation?; Z. Baer. Appendix. Declaration of the First International Symposium on Sexual Mutilation. 10 Additional Articles. Index |
| Summary |
The contributors to this volume, an international panel of experts in the fields of medicine, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, religion, and politics, exhaustively document and dissect this largely soft-pedaled and insidious violation of human rights. In 23 chapters they present the history of sexual mutilation; discuss its consequences to the victim, both physical and psychological; analyze its role in tradition; reveal the medical industry's investment in the practice; describe current legislative efforts, including the Ashley Montagu Resolution to End the Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide; and outline effective, culturally sensitive methods being implemented today to safeguard the human rights of at-risk children |
| Notes |
"Proceedings of the fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations, held August 9-11, 1996, in Lausanne, Switzerland"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Circumcision -- Congresses.
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Circumcision.
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Female circumcision -- Congresses.
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Mutilation -- Congresses.
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Mutilation.
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Circumcision, Female.
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Circumcision, Male.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Denniston, George C.
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Milos, Marilyn Fayre.
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International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations (4th : 1996 : Lausanne, Switzerland)
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| LC no. |
97009243 |
| ISBN |
0306455897 |
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