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A history of the breast / Marilyn Yalom.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1997.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0679434593
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT498.B74 Y35 1997
Contents:
Introduction: Changing Meanings -- 1. The Sacred Breast: Goddesses, Priestesses, Biblical Women, Saints, and Madonnas -- 2. The Erotic Breast: "Orbs of Heavenly Frame" -- 3. The Domestic Breast: A Dutch Interlude -- 4. The Political Breast: Bosoms for the Nation -- 5. The Psychological Breast: Minding the Body -- 6. The Commercialized Breast: From Corsets to Cyber-Sex -- 7. The Medical Breast: Life-Giver and Life-Destroyer -- 8. The Liberated Breast: Politics, Poetry, and Pictures -- 9. The Breast in Crisis.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks GT498.B74Y35 1997 1 Available 33710000768767

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-313) and index.

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Introduction: Changing Meanings -- 1. The Sacred Breast: Goddesses, Priestesses, Biblical Women, Saints, and Madonnas -- 2. The Erotic Breast: "Orbs of Heavenly Frame" -- 3. The Domestic Breast: A Dutch Interlude -- 4. The Political Breast: Bosoms for the Nation -- 5. The Psychological Breast: Minding the Body -- 6. The Commercialized Breast: From Corsets to Cyber-Sex -- 7. The Medical Breast: Life-Giver and Life-Destroyer -- 8. The Liberated Breast: Politics, Poetry, and Pictures -- 9. The Breast in Crisis.