Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xviii + 356pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Edges slightly marked. Covers slightly marked. Partially removed sticker to back cover. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sexuality & Gender; History. ISBN/EAN: 9781628922127. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 64862.

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Title

The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History

Publisher

Bloomsbury, New York

Publication Date

2015

Language

English

ISBN 10

1628922125

ISBN 13

9781628922127

Binding

Softcover

Edition

First Paperback Edition.

Condition

Very Good

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Sexuality & Gender

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Synopsis

From South Park to Kathy Acker, from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City, women's sexual organs are demonized. In The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History, Emma L.E. Rees investigates the evolution of this demonization: she considers how writers, artists and filmmakers contend with the dilemma of he vagina's puzzling 'covert visibility' and how the 'c-word' is an obscenity that both legitimates and perpetuates the fractured identities of women globally.

In our postmodern, porn-obsessed culture, vaginas appear to be everywhere, literally or symbolically but, crucially, they are as silenced as they are objectified. Even common slang terms for the vagina can be seen as an attempt to divert attention away from the reality of women's lived sexual experiences: slang offers a convenient distraction from something taboo. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History is an important contribution to the ongoing debate in understanding the feminine identity.

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Emma L.E. Rees is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Chester, UK.

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