A History of the Breast
by Marilyn Yalom
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalpsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, weighty non-fiction book, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
This engrossing work of original research is the first to consider how the breast has been perceived in the Western world from ancient days to the present - how it has been understood in religion, in the arts, in medicine, in psychoanalysis (by Freud as erotically secondary to the phallus, then by Melanie Klein as the original object of desire).
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- Author
- Marilyn Yalom
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 331
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- Open Library
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