Female circumcision and clitoridectomy in the United States : a history of a medical treatment / Sarah B. Rodriguez.

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.

xi, 280 pages ; 24 cm.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.