Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States: A History of a Medical Treatment

(Part of the Rochester Studies in Medical History Series)

by Sarah B. Rodriguez

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An engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, revealing what the therapeutic use of female circumcision and clitoridectomy tells us about American medical ideas concerning the female body and female sexuality.

From the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, American physicians treated women and girls for masturbation by removing the clitoris (clitoridectomy) or clitoral hood (female circumcision). During...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:158046498X

ISBN13:9781580464987

Release Date:October 2014

Publisher:University of Rochester Press

Length:292 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States: A History of a Medical Treatment

(Part of the Rochester Studies in Medical History Series)

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