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Weight | 0.698 kg |
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Dimensions | 16.5 × 24.3 × 4.4 cm |
£25.00
Hardback | 448 pages, 100 black and white illustrations8PP section colour
165 x 243 x 44 | 698g
‘Delightful, timely and critical’ Cat Bohannon, author of Eve’With unrivaled expertise and a wealth of classical and contemporary detail, the author weaves historical knowledge of medicine, anatomy, literature, art and religion into a narrative that surprises, informs, excites and frequently amuses’ Adrian Thatcher, author of Vile BodiesThroughout history, religious scholars, medical men and – occasionally – women themselves, have moulded thought on what ‘makes’ a woman. She has been called the weaker sex, the fairer sex, the purer sex, among many other monikers. Often, she has been defined simply as ‘Not A Man’.
Today, we are more aware than ever of the complex relationship between our bodies and our identities. But contrary to what some may believe, what makes a woman is a question that has always been open-ended.
Immaculate Forms examines all the ways in which medicine and religion have played a gatekeeping role over women’s organs. It explores how the womb was seen as both the most miraculous organ in the body and as a sewer; uncovers breasts’ legacies as maternal or sexual organs – or both; probes the mystery of the disappearing hymen, and asks, did the clitoris need to be discovered at all?
Weight | 0.698 kg |
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Dimensions | 16.5 × 24.3 × 4.4 cm |
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