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A New Biography
HarperCollins
September 2012
On Sale: September 11, 2012
400 pages
ISBN: 0061989169
EAN: 9780061989162
Kindle: B006FO19S2
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An astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural
history that radically reframes how we understand the
vagina—and consequently, how we understand women—from one of
our most respected cultural critics and thinkers, Naomi
Wolf, author of the modern classic The Beauty Myth.
When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf
on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections
between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her
own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence
that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an
intrinsic component of the female brain—and thus has a
fundamental connection to female consciousness itself.
Utterly enthralling and totally fascinating, Vagina:
A New Biography draws on this set of insights about "the
mind-vagina connection" to reveal new information about what
women really need, and considers what a sexual
relationship—and a relationship to the self—transformed by
these insights could look like. Exhilarating and
groundbreaking, Vagina: A New Biography combines
rigorous science, explained for lay readers, with cultural
history and deeply personal considerations of the role of
female desire in female identity, creativity, and
confidence, from interviewees of all walks of life. Heralded
by Publishers Weekly as one of the best science books
of the year, it is a provocative and deeply engaging book
that elucidates the ties between a woman's experience of her
vagina and her sense of self; her impulses, dreams, and
courage; and her role in love and in society in completely
new and revelatory ways sure to provoke impassioned
conversation. A brilliant and nuanced synthesis of
physiology, history, and cultural criticism, Vagina: A
New Biography explores the physical, political, and
spiritual implications of this startling series of new
scientific breakthroughs for women and for society as a
whole, from a writer whose conviction and keen intelligence
have propelled her works to the tops of bestseller lists,
and firmly into the realms of modern classics.
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