Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Parts - Hardcover
by Helen King
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541606531ISBN-10:1541606531UPC:9781541606531Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Women's Studies, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SCVTTNS6Y0
Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Parts
"Never has medical history been more entertaining" (Dr Jennifer Gunter, author of The Vagina Bible) than in this turbulent history of women's bodies from classical Greece to the modern age Breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb. Across history, these body parts have told women who they are and what they should do. Although knowledge of each part has changed through time, none of them tells a simple...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541606531ISBN-10:1541606531UPC:9781541606531Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Women's Studies, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SCVTTNS6Y0
Helen King is Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at The Open University. She is an elected member of the General Synod of the Church of England, where she is vice chair of Together, which campaigns on a range of discrimination issues including discrimination on the grounds of gender or sexuality. She is the author of Hippocrates' Woman and has published extensively on the history of women's...
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