TY - BOOK AU - Rodriguez,Sarah B. TI - Female circumcision and clitoridectomy in the United States: a history of a medical treatment T2 - Rochester studies in medical history, SN - 9781580464987 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - RG261 .R63 2014 U1 - 618.1/6059 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Rochester, NY PB - University of Rochester Press KW - Circumcision, Female KW - history KW - United States KW - Clitoris KW - surgery KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - Sexual Behavior KW - Sexuality KW - local KW - Print books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index; Women, masturbation, and clitoral surgery, 1862-1945 -- Children, masturbation, and clitoral surgery since 1890 -- Female sexual degeneracy and the enlarged clitoris, 1850-1941 -- Female circumcision to promote clitoral orgasm, 1890-1945 -- Female circumcision as sexual enhancement therapy during the era of the vaginal orgasm, 1940-66 -- Female circumcision and the divisive issue of female clitoral sexual pleasure go public, 1966-81 -- James Burt and the surgery of love, 1966-89 ER -