The 'beauty' of male circumcision in Japan : gender, sexuality and the male body in a medical practice

This article introduces the construct of ‘the beauty of male circumcision’ to analyse male circumcision in Japan. Japanese men are largely circumcised at beauty and aesthetic clinics, neonatal circumcision has never been mandatory and no official records are provided, therefore the manuscript offers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castro-Vázquez, Genaro
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99693
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17514