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Female circumcision and clitoridectomy in the United States : a history of a medical treatment / Sarah B. Rodriguez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rodriguez, Sarah B., author.
- Series:
- Rochester studies in medical history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clitoris--Surgery--United States.
- Clitoris.
- Female genital mutilation--United States.
- Female genital mutilation.
- Clitoris--Surgery.
- United States.
- Circumcision, Female--history.
- Clitoris--surgery.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- Sexual Behavior.
- Sexuality--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Circumcision, Female--history.
- United States.
- Clitoris--surgery.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- Sexual Behavior.
- Sexuality--history.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 280 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Women, masturbation, and clitoral surgery, 1862-1945
- Children, masturbation, and clitoral surgery since 1890
- Female sexual degeneracy and the enlarged clitoris, 1850-1941
- Female circumcision to promote clitoral orgasm, 1890-1945
- Female circumcision as sexual enhancement therapy during the era of the vaginal orgasm, 1940-66
- Female circumcision and the divisive issue of female clitoral sexual pleasure go public, 1966-81
- James Burt and the surgery of love, 1966-89.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781580464987
- 158046498X
- OCLC:
- 870843696
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