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Every year, in the United States and the third world combined, 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls are circumcised. Whether because of perceived medical, cultural, or religious necessity, most of these parents feel they have no alternative but to allow their children to undergo this surgery. Sparking intense debate, the circumcision of children is a highly controversial and complex phenomenon that touches a variety of sociological areas, such as religious beliefs, identity issues, medical conceptualizations, fear, and superstition. The contributors to this volume comprise an international panel of experts in the fields of medicine, psychology, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, theology, and politics. In 18 chapters they discuss the history of circumcision; document the physical and psychological consequences of circumcision; present the latest anatomical discoveries about the male prepuce; analyze the role of circumcision in various traditions; reveal the medical industry's investment in the practice; describe current legislative efforts to protect children from circumcision; and outline effective, culturally sensitive methods that are being implemented today to safeguard the human rights of at-risk children. For its insights into this troubling aspect of culture, Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem is a critically important contribution to the growing body of literature on this subject.
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An estimated 650 million males and 120 million females living today have been genitally altered as children.7 Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Plenum Publishers, New Delhi, New Zealand, Kluwer Academic, South Korean, Munshiram Manoharlal, John Bale, Study of Ethnic Mutilations, University of Minnesota Press, Lynne Rienner, Female Genital Circumcision, Harrington Park Press, Plenum Press, Prisoners of Ritual, Bond University, Rights of the Child, Understanding Circumcision, Van Howe, Hourglass Publishers, Law Med, New South Wales, Australasian Medical Gazette, Hindustan Publishing Corporation New!
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An estimated 650 million males and 120 million females living today have been genitally altered as children.7 Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Plenum Publishers, New Delhi, New Zealand, Kluwer Academic, South Korean, Munshiram Manoharlal, John Bale, Study of Ethnic Mutilations, University of Minnesota Press, Lynne Rienner, Female Genital Circumcision, Harrington Park Press, Plenum Press, Prisoners of Ritual, Bond University, Rights of the Child, Understanding Circumcision, Van Howe, Hourglass Publishers, Law Med, New South Wales, Australasian Medical Gazette, Hindustan Publishing Corporation New!
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- Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy by George C. Denniston on 25 pages
- Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice by Frederick Mansfield Hodges on 20 pages
- Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China by Wang Ping on 10 pages
- Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa (Haworth Women's Studies) by Ellen Cole on 9 pages
- Chinese Footbinding by Howard S. Levy on 7 pages
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- Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society by George C. Denniston on 7 pages
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision: Untold Facts on America's Most Widely Performed-and Most Unnecessary-Surgery by M.D. Paul M. Fleiss in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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