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Understanding Circumcision

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem

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  1. George C. Denniston

    1. University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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  2. Frederick Mansfield Hodges

    1. Yale University, New Haven, USA

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  3. Marilyn Fayre Milos

    1. National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, San Anselmo, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Ending the Forced Genital Cutting of Children and the Violation of their Human Rights

    • Gregory J. Boyle
    Pages 1-18

  3. Jewish Circumcision

    • Leonard B. Glick
    Pages 19-54

  4. The Compulsion to Circumcise is Constant

    • Michael Katz
    Pages 55-59

  5. Male Circumcision in South Korea

    • Myung-Geol Pang, Sae Chul Kim, DaiSik Kim
    Pages 61-81

  6. Attitudes of Egyptian Intellectuals Towards Genital Integrity for All

    • Seham Abd el Salam Mohamed
    Pages 83-97

  7. Sunna Gudnin

    • Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Lydia Rabuffetti, Franco Viviani
    Pages 99-111

  8. The Struggle Against Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision

    • Els Leye
    Pages 113-128

  9. A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand

    • Ken McGrath, Hugh Young
    Pages 129-146

  10. Circumcision of Boys in Sweden

    • Yngve Hofvander
    Pages 147-151

  11. A Source of Serious Mischief

    • Robert Darby
    Pages 153-197

  12. The Frenular Delta

    • Ken McGrath
    Pages 199-206

  13. Physical, Sexual, and Psychological Effects of Male Infant Circumcision

    • Gillian A. Bensley, Gregory J. Boyle
    Pages 207-239

  14. Neonatal Circumcision

    • Tracey Gemmell, Gregory J. Boyle
    Pages 241-252

  15. Ritual and Medical Circumcision among Filipino Boys

    • Samuel Ramos, Gregory J. Boyle
    Pages 253-270

  16. Assaulted and Mutilated

    • Shane E. Peterson
    Pages 271-289

  17. Doctors, Be Warned

    • J. Neville Turner
    Pages 291-296

  18. The Limits of the Law

    • J. Steven Svoboda
    Pages 297-365

  19. Circumcision as a Component of the Normative Abuse of Children

    • John W. Travis
    Pages 367-376

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 377-404
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    George C. Denniston

  • Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Frederick Mansfield Hodges

  • National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, San Anselmo, USA

    Marilyn Fayre Milos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Circumcision

  • Book Subtitle: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem

  • Editors: George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46701-1Published: 31 October 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3375-1Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-3351-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 404

  • Topics: Pediatrics, Public International Law, Pediatric Surgery, Public Health, Medical Law

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