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This engrossing work of original research is the first to consider how the breast has been perceived in the Western world from ancient days to the present - how it has been understood in religion, in the arts, in medicine, in psychoanalysis (by Freud as erotically secondary to the phallus, then by Melanie Klein as the original object of desire).
Publish Date
1997
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf,
Distributed by Random House, Inc.
Language
English
Pages
331
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Subjects
Visualisatie, Breast in art, Beeldende kunsten, Social aspects, Borsten, Breast, Breast in literature, Busen, History, Kultur, Social aspects of Breast, New York Times reviewed, Body Image, Art, Religion, Sexuality, Psychology, Imagen corporal, Mamas, Sexo, Historia, Aspectos sociales, Mamas en el arte, Mamas en la literaturaShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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A history of the breast
1998, Ballantine Books
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A history of the breast
1997, Alfred A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House, Inc.
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A history of the breast
1997, Alfred A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House, Inc.
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A history of the breast
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction: Changing meanings
The sacred breast: goddesses, priestesses, biblical women, saints, and madonnas
The erotic breast: "orbs of heavenly frame"
The domestic breast: a Dutch interlude
The political breast: bosoms for the nation
The psychological breast: minding the body
The commercialized breast: from corsets to cyber-sex
The medical breast: life-giver and life-destroyer
The liberated breast: politics, poetry, and pictures
The breast in crisis.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-313) and index.
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