| A History of the Breast Contributor(s): Yalom, Marilyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345388941 ISBN-13: 9780345388940 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: In this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores twenty-five thousand years of ideas, images, and perceptions of the female breast--in religion, psychology, politics, society, and the arts. Through the centuries, the breast has been laden with hugely powerful and contradictory meanings. There is the "good breast" of reverence and life, the breast that nourishes infants and entire communities, as depicted in ancient idols, fifteenth-century Italian Madonnas, and representations of equality in the French Revolution. Then there is the "bad breast" of Ezekiel's wanton harlots, Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, and the torpedo-breasted dominatrix, symbolizing enticement and aggression. Yalom examines these contradictions--and illuminates the implications behind them. A fascinating, astute, and richly allusive journey from Paleolithic goddesses to modern day feminists, A History of the Breast is full of insight and surprises. As Yalom says, "I intend to make you think about women's breasts as you never have before." In this, she succeeds brilliantly. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Reference | Curiosities & Wonders |
| Dewey: 391.6 |
| LCCN: 97097072 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.9" W x 9.12" (1.15 lbs) 352 pages |