{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-breast-paperback","title":"A History of the Breast - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Yalom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores 25,000 years of ideas, images, and perceptions about the female breast--in religion, psychology, politics, society, and the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores twenty-five thousand years of ideas, images, and perceptions of the female breast--in religion, psychology, politics, society, and the arts. \u003cbr\u003eThrough the centuries, the breast has been laden with hugely powerful and contradictory meanings. There is the \"good breast\" of reverence and life, the breast that nourishes infants and entire communities, as depicted in ancient idols, fifteenth-century Italian Madonnas, and representations of equality in the French Revolution. Then there is the \"bad breast\" of Ezekiel's wanton harlots, Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, and the torpedo-breasted dominatrix, symbolizing enticement and aggression. Yalom examines these contradictions--and illuminates the implications behind them. \u003cbr\u003eA fascinating, astute, and richly allusive journey from Paleolithic goddesses to modern day feminists, A History of the Breast is full of insight and surprises. As Yalom says, \"I intend to make you think about women's breasts as you never have before.\" In this, she succeeds brilliantly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Yalom\u003c\/b\u003e is a former professor of French and a senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. She is the author of widely acclaimed books, such as \u003ci\u003eA History of the Breast, A History of the Wife, Birth of the Chess Queen, The American Resting Place\u003c\/i\u003e (with photographer son Reid Yalom), \u003ci\u003eHow the French Invented Love, \u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship, \u003c\/i\u003e co-authored with Theresa Donovan Brown. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband, psychiatrist and author Irvin D. Yalom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9.12 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52736971637043,"sku":"9780345388940","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PiGul8QbtQ9780345388940.webp?v=1764021536","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-history-of-the-breast-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}