Woman - An Intimate Geography

Klappentext From the acclaimed author of "The Beauty Of The Beastly" comes this exploration of womanhood. "Women have long been regarded as slaves to biology and evolution, prisoners in a hormonal swamp. But now, some of the sacred tenets of evolutionary psychology... have come under fresh challenge. As the century turns, it could be Goodbye women's lib; hello female liberation!... "Woman" is a delicious cocktail of oestrogen and amphetamine designed to pump up the ovaries as well as the cerebral cortex" "Time Magazine". "A glorious, fascinating encyclopaedic look at the wonder of the female body. Drawing on science, literature and history" "Woman's Journal".

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Angier
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2000
• EAN: 9781860496844
• ISBN: 978-1-86049-684-4
• No. of pages: 398
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Subject: Guides > Health