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In The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History, Emma. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History is an important contribution to the ongoing debate in understanding the feminine identity.

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From South Park to Kathy Acker, and from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City , women's sexual organs are demonized. Rees traces the fascinating evolution of this demonization, considering how calling the 'c-word' obscene 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. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History examines the paradox of female genitalia through five fields of expression: literature, film, TV, visual, and performance art...Common, and often offensive, slang terms for the vagina can be seen as an attempt to divert attention away from the reality of women's lived sexual experiences such that we don't 'look' at the vagina itself - slang offers a convenient distraction to 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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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1628922125
ISBN-13
9781628922127
eBay Product ID (ePID)
180379932

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Author
EMMA L. E. Rees
Publication Name
Vagina: a Literary and Cultural History
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
376 Pages

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Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
22 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pn56.V26
Reviews
The Vagina is exactly what it purports to be: a literary and cultural history of impressive breadth and frequently rewarding depth.... The Vagina remains an informative and considered book: it is a resource, and a source of power. A polyphonic mixture of high and low, it will engage the feminist philosopher at home with Kristeva, as well as those comparably new to these ideas. The Vagina is not, to borrow a term from Laurie Penny, the 'feminism-as-spectacle' that Wolf and many others who court the mainstream gaze are so keen to offer us; rather it is feminist writing of the best kind, that which comes from genuine engagement and real political concern., "The Vagina is exactly what it purports to be: a literary and cultural history of impressive breadth and frequently rewarding depth.... The Vagina remains an informative and considered book: it is a resource, and a source of power. A polyphonic mixture of high and low, it will engage the feminist philosopher at home with Kristeva, as well as those comparably new to these ideas. The Vagina is not, to borrow a term from Laurie Penny, the 'feminism-as-spectacle' that Wolf and many others who court the mainstream gaze are so keen to offer us; rather it is feminist writing of the best kind, that which comes from genuine engagement and real political concern." --Jane Cleasby, Review31
Table of Content
1. Revealing the Vagina: Introduction 2. Revealing the Vagina: Antecedents 3.Revealing the Vagina in Literature 4. Revealing the Vagina in Visual Art (1): Judy Chicago 5. Revealing the Vagina in Visual Art (2): Birth's Wide Berth 6. Revealing the Vagina on Film and TV 7. Revealing the Vagina in Performance Art 8. Revealing the Vagina: Conclusion Revealing the Vagina: Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Feminism & Feminist Theory, General, Semiotics & Theory, Subjects & Themes / General
Dewey Decimal
700.4561
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science

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