{"product_id":"circumcision-and-medicine-in-modern-turkey-9781477327029","title":"Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation of how the expansion of modern medicine in Turkey transformed young boys’ experiences of circumcision.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Turkey, circumcision is viewed as both a religious obligation and a rite of passage for young boys, as communities celebrate the ritual through gatherings, gifts, and special outfits. Yet the procedure is a potentially painful and traumatic ordeal. With the expansion of modern medicine, the social position of \u003ci\u003esünnetçi\u003c\/i\u003e (male circumcisers) became subject to the institutional arrangements of Turkey’s evolving health care and welfare system. In the transition from traditional itinerant circumcisers to low-ranking health officers in the 1960s and hospital doctors in the 1990s, the medicalization of male circumcision has become entangled with state formation, market fetishism, and class inequalities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Based on Oyman Basaran’s extensive ethnographic and historical research, \u003ci\u003eCircumcision and Medicine in M\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCircumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e closely examines the experiences of twenty-five cities and their outlying towns across Turkey. By analyzing the changing characteristics of the medical actors, Başaran offers an alternate approach to the study of what is a central part of the Turkish male experience. * Bowdoin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prologue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: Sünnetçi, Pain, and Medicine \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Itinerant Circumcisers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Fenni Sünnetçi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Mass Circumcision \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Fear of Circumcison \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. “Deceitful Child” and “Bad Parents” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion: The Ethics and Politics of Male Circumcision \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix: Research Methodology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408963281239,"sku":"9781477327029","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/circumcision-and-medicine-in-modern-turkey-9781477327029","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}