Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781410452115 (1410452115)
Publish date: November 9th 2012
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 529
Edition language: English
The cultural history of the breast with science added to the story. It tells the difference between humans and other mammals regarding breasts. It also explains the stages breast go through from birth to death as well illness such as cancer. I found this book fascinating. I liked how breasts we...
Breasts, I got a pair! I pretty much know their purpose: they turn men in to babies and help babies grow into toddlers. I also know they need to be squished between two metal plates once a year to screen for breast cancer. Other than that, what’s to know? Apparently lots of scary facts about how our...
Williams writes in the same style as Roach which is awesome but sometimes, just like in Roach's books, it bogs down the book. But overall this is an excellent book!
This book tells the story of breasts in our lives that as bearers of breasts may not even be aware of. It discusses how they will be the death of us all and how they can save lives.
At a time when women's health, women's rights and, you know, the basic idea that women are human beings capable of independent thought is often at the forefront of American political discussion, it's somewhat jarring to realize how little we know for sure about one of the body parts that makes us wo...