num_pages: 336
description: A scientific journey to the center of the new female body.The Latin term for the female genitalia pudendum means parts for which you should be ashamed. Until 1651 ovaries were called female testicles. The fallopian tubes are named for a man. Named claimed and shamed: Welcome to the story of the female body as penned by men.Today a new generation of (mostly) women scientists is finally redrawing the map. With modern tools and fresh perspectives theyre looking at the organs traditionally bound up in reproductionthe uterus ovaries vaginaand seeing within them a new biology of change and resilience. Through their eyes journalist Rachel E. Gross takes readers on an anatomical odyssey to the center of this new worlda world where the uterus regrows itself ovaries pump out fresh eggs and the clitoris pulses beneath the surface like a shimmering pyramid of nerves. Full of wit and wonder Vagina Obscura is a celebratory testament to how the landscape of knowledge can be rewritten to better serve everyone.
language: English
title: Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company