edited by George C. Denniston and Marilyn Fayre Milos.
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New York
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Plenum Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published: 1997.;"Proceedings of the fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations, held August 9-11, 1996, in Lausanne, Switzerland"--Title page verso.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The geography of male and female genital mutilation / J. DeMeo --;2. A short history of the institutionalization of involuntary sexual mutilation in the United States / F. Hodges --;3. Jehovah, his cousin Allah, and sexual mutilations / S.A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh --;4. The Skoptzy: the Russian sect of the castrated / D. Diers and X. Valla --;5. Functional and erotic consequences of sexual mutilations / G. Zwang --;6. The human prepuce / M.M. Lander --;7. NORM UK and the medical case against circumcision: a British perspective / J.P. Warren --;8. Circumcision: an iatrogenic epidemic / G.C. Denniston --;9. Why does neonatal circumcision persist in the United States? / R.S. Van Howe --;10. Learned helplessness: a concept for the future / M. Odent --;11. Long-term consequences of neonatal circumcision: a preliminary poll of circumcised males / T. Hammond --;12. Similarities in attitudes and misconceptions about male and female sexual mutilations / H. Lightfoot-Klein --;13. Female genital mutilation / B. Ras-Work --;14. Epidemiological surveys on female genital mutilation in Italy / P. Grassivaro [and others] --;15. Female genital mutilation in Germany: an update from (I)NTACT / C. Müller --;16. Redefining the sacred / M. Pollack --;17. Challenging circumcision: a Jewish perspective / J. Goodman --;18. The wound reveals the cure: a Utah model for ending the cycle of sexual mutilation / J. parvati Baker --;19. Nurses for the rights of the child: an update / M. Conant and B. Katz Sperlich --;20. NOCIRC of Australia / G. Williams --;21. Circumcision: are baby boys entitled to the same protection as baby girls regarding genital mutilation? / Z. Baer --;22. Routine infant male circumcision: examining the human rights and constitutional issues / J.S. Svoboda --;23. The Ashley Montagu resolution to end the genital mutilation of children worldwide: a petition to the World Court, the Hague / J.W. Prescott --;Appendix 1. Declaration of genital integrity --;Appendix 2. Resources.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Circumcision -- Congresses.
Female circumcision -- Congresses.
Mutilation -- Congresses.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by George C. Denniston and Marilyn Fayre Milos.