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The Story of V

By Catherine Blackledge

Paperback | 9780753817766

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It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, and the passage for both the creation and the birth of humankind. Yet we know less about the vagina than we do about any other organ of the human body. Why? In this dazzling smorgasbord of facts about female genitalia, Catherine Blackledge explores how the Continue

It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, and the passage for both the creation and the birth of humankind. Yet we know less about the vagina than we do about any other organ of the human body. Why? In this dazzling smorgasbord of facts about female genitalia, Catherine Blackledge explores how the vagina has been conceived and misconceived over the centuries. In the past, medicine has misrepresented female sexual anatomy, reducing its remarkable complexities to the notion of a passive vessel. But, as this book shows, science is at last beginning to reveal the true structure and function of female genitalia, and the dynamic nature of the vagina's role in both sexual pleasure and reproduction. With a wide-ranging perspective that takes in prehistoric art, ancient history, linguistics, mythology, evolutinary theory, reproductive biology and medicine, Catherine Blackledge unveils the hidden marvels of the female form.

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  • Snatch squad

    The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box by Catherine Blackledge 322pp, Weidenfeld, £18.99 "Vagina" is a dirty word. So filthy, in fact, that a book entirely dedicated to the subject fails to include it in its title. Despite a good airing by The Vagina ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • It’s so beautiful

    For many women in the 1970s, the response to the exhortation ‘Know thyself’ took the form of specula, hand mirrors, torches and a group of comrades who would angle the looking glass and beam just right so that, reclining on your elbows, you could loo ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 384 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0753817764
  • ISBN-13: 9780753817766
  • Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • Pub date: Jun 03, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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