Woman: An Intimate Geography - Softcover

Angier, Natalie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860496849 ISBN 13: 9781860496844

Publisher: Virago Press Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

WOMAN explores the essence of what it means to be female. In mapping the inner woman - from organs to orgasms - Natalie Angier presents an extraordinary new vision of the female body as an evolutionary masterpiece. 'Anyone living in or near a female body should read this book' - Gloria Steinem '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 estrogen and amphetamine designed to pump up the ovaries as well as the cerebral cortex' - Barbara Ehrenreich, TIME MAGAZINE 'A glorious, fascinating encyclopaedic look at the wonder of the female body. Drawing on science, literature and history, Angier provides valuable insight into the power of hormones, breast milk and the all-important clitoris. A must for every woman's bookshelf' - WOMAN'S JOURNAL

About this title

About the Author

Natalie Angier's contributions to THE NEW YORK TIMES on Science won her a Pulitzer Prize. She has won numerous awards and her most recent book WOMAN was highly acclaimed and shortlisted for the 1999 National Book Award in America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860496849
• ISBN 13: 9781860496844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416