{"product_id":"9781628922127","title":"The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Emma L. E. Rees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e to Kathy Acker, from Lars Von Trier to \u003ci\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, women's sexual organs are demonized. In \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, Emma L.E. Rees investigates the evolution of this demonization: she considers how writers, artists and filmmakers contend with the dilemma of he vagina's puzzling 'covert visibility' and how the 'c-word' is an obscenity that both legitimates and perpetuates the fractured identities of women globally. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn our postmodern, porn-obsessed culture, vaginas appear to be everywhere, literally or symbolically but, crucially, they are as silenced as they are objectified. Even common slang terms for the vagina can be seen as an attempt to divert attention away from the reality of women's lived sexual experiences: slang offers a convenient distraction from something taboo. \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History \u003c\/i\u003eis an important contribution to the ongoing debate in understanding the feminine identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781628922127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40647734264014,"sku":"9781628922127","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_eaee147f-fcb8-4328-855e-238579058b5a.jpg?v=1639187642","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781628922127","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}