| Description |
xiii, 188 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Circumcision, public health, genital autonomy and cultural rights / Matthew Johnson and Megan O'Branski -- 1. Infant male circumcision in the public square: applying the public reason of John Rawls / Robert Van Howe -- 2. Infant male circumcision in the public square: applying the public reason of John Rawls (a reply to Robert Van Howe ) / Susan Mendus -- 3. How reasonable is inactivism?: a reply to Van Howe / Martyn Griffin -- 4. Promoting Genital Autonomy by Exploring Commonalities between Male, Female, Intersex, and Cosmetic Female Genital Cutting / J. Steven Svoboda -- 5. Discourses on sexual pleasure after genital modifications: the fallacy of genital determinism (a response to J. Steven Svoboda) / Sara Johnsdotter -- 6. Critiquing Circumcision: In Search of A New Paradigm for Conceptualizing Genital Modification / Zachary T. Androus -- 7. A Reply to "Critiquing Circumcision: In Search of A New Paradigm for Conceptualizing Genital Modification" / Jennifer Coffman -- 8. New Lives for Old: Modernity, Biomedicine, Traditional Culture and HIV prevention in Lesotho / Nicola L. Bulled -- 9. New Lives for Old: Modernity, Biomedicine, Traditional Culture and HIV prevention in Lesotho (a response to Nicola L. Bulled) / Louise Vincent -- 10. The Production of Sexual Mutilation among Muslim Women in Cairo / Maria Frederika Malmström -- 11. A Reply to "The Production of Sexual Mutilation among Muslim Women in Cairo" by Maria Frederika Malmström / Debra L. DeLaet -- Symposium on German Court ruling on circumcision. 12. Thinking about Infant Male Circumcision after the Cologne Court Decision / Geoffrey Brahm Levey ; 13. Circumcision: what should parents and states do? An essay / Ayelet Banai ; 14. Legislation on male infant circumcision in Europe: a call to avoid paternalism and to promote evidence-based, patient centred care / Maria Kristiansen and Aziz Sheikh ; 15. The goose and the gander: the genital wars / Richard A. Shweder -- Review symposium on The New Politics of Male Circumcision: HIV/AIDS, Health Law and Social Justice by Marie Fox and Michael Thomson. 16. Review symposium: "The New Politics of Male Circumcision: HIV/AIDS, Health Law and Social Justice" by Marie Fox and Michael Thomson / Sydney Calkin, Richard Mullender, Sander L. Gilman, Marie Fox and Michael Thomson |
| Notes |
Originally published as a special issue of Global discourse |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Circumcision.
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Female circumcision.
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| Author |
Johnson, Matthew Thomas, editor
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O'Branski, Megan, editor
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| ISBN |
0415735440 (cloth) |
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9780415735445 (cloth) |
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