Title | Understanding Circumcision [electronic resource] : A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem / edited by George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8 |
Descript | XX, 404 p. online resource |
1. Ending the Forced Genital Cutting of Children and the Violation of their Human Rights: Ethical, Psychological and Legal Considerations -- 2. Jewish Circumcision: An Enigma in Historical Perspective -- 3. The Compulsion to Circumcise is Constant: The Reasons Keep Changing -- 4. Male Circumcision in South Korea: History, Statistics, and the Role of Doctors in Creating a Circumcision Rate of Over 100% -- 5. Attitudes of Egyptian Intellectuals Towards Genital Integrity for All -- 6. Sunna Gudnin: An Alternative Ritual to Infibulation in Merka Somalia -- 7. The Struggle Against Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision: The European Experience -- 8. A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand: โI never liked doing them and I was pleased to give them upโ -- 9. Circumcision of Boys in Sweden: Proposal for Government Regulation -- 10. โA Source of Serious Mischief:โ The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Preventive Circumcision in Australia -- 11. The Frenular Delta: A New Preputial Structure -- 12. Physical, Sexual, and Psychological Effects of Male Infant Circumcision: An Exploratory Survey -- 13. Neonatal Circumcision: Its Long-Term Harmful Effects -- 14. Ritual and Medical Circumcision among Filipino Boys: Evidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- 15. Assaulted and Mutilated: A Personal Account of Circumcision Trauma -- 16. Doctors, Be Warned: Circumcise Today, and You Could Be Sued Tomorrow -- 17. The Limits of the Law: Comparative Analysis of Legal and Extralegal Methods to Control Child Body Mutilation Practices -- 18. Circumcision as a Component of the Normative Abuse of Children: Introducing the Proclamation for Transforming the Lives of Children -- APPENDIX: Resources -- Contributors