Author: Ellen Gruenbaum
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Pre
Keywords: perspective, anthropological, controversy, circumcision, female
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-12-01
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0812217462
ISBN-13: 9780812217469

To the Western eye, there is something jarringly incongruous, even shocking, about the image of a six-year-old girl being held down by loving relatives so that her genitals can be cut. Yet two million girls experience this each year. Most Westerners, upon learning of the practice of female circumcision, have responded with outrage; those committed to improving the status of women have gone beyond outrage to action by creating various programs for "eradicating" the practice. But few understand the real life complexities families face in deciding whether to follow the traditional practices or to

Author: Kathleen Biddick
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Keywords: history, technology, circumcision, imaginary, typological
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2003-09-02
List price: $47.50
ISBN-10: 0812237404
ISBN-13: 9780812237405

In this book Kathleen Biddick investigates the fate of the enduring timelines fabricated by early Christians to distinguish themselves from their Jewish neighbors. Ranging widely across the history of text, technology, and book art, she relates three interwoven stories: the Christians’ translation of circumcision into a graphic problem of writing on the heart; the temporal construction of Christian notions of history based on the binary supersession of an Old Testament past by the present of a new dispensation; and the traumatic repetition of the graphic cutting off of Christians from Je

Author: Leonard B. Glick
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: modern, america, judea, ancient, flesh, circumcision, marked
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2005-06-30
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 019517674X
ISBN-13: 9780195176742

The book of Genesis tells us that God made a covenant with Abraham, promising him a glorious posterity on the condition that he and all his male descendents must be circumcised. For thousands of years thereafter, the distinctive practice of circumcision served to set the Jews apart from their neighbors. The apostle Paul rejected it as a worthless practice, emblematic of Judaism’s fixation on physical matters. Christian theologians followed his lead, arguing that whereas Christians sought spiritual fulfillment, Jews remained mired in such pointless concerns as diet and circumcision. As ti

Author: Nina E. Livesey
Publisher:
Keywords: zum, neuen, testament, untersuchungen, wissenschaftliche, malleable, symbol, circumcision
Number of Pages: 207
Published: 2010-12-21
List price: $97.50
ISBN-10: 3161506286
ISBN-13: 9783161506284

Author: Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Pre
Keywords: studies, human, rights, pennsylvania, perspectives, circumcision, multicultural, female
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2007-01-22
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0812219414
ISBN-13: 9780812219418

Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across Africa and Asia, this ritual is hotly debated. Supporters regard it as a central coming-of-age ritual that ensures chastity and promotes fertility. Human rights groups denounce the procedure as barbaric. It is estimated that between 100 million and 130 million girls and women today have undergone forms of this genital surgery.Female Cir

Authors:Brian Morris, Brian J. Morri,
Publisher: University of New South Wales Pre
Keywords: circumcision, favour
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 1999-03-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 086840537X
ISBN-13: 9780868405377

Gives direct answers to long-held questions about the controversial operation: circumcision. What does the operation involve? How painful is it? What does it cost? What are the benefits & drawbacks? Does circumcision affect sexual activity?

Authors:George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, M
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: multi, dimensional, problem, approach, disciplinary, circumcision, understanding
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2001-12-15
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 0306467011
ISBN-13: 9780306467011

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 pa