num_pages: 400
description: An astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vaginaand consequently how we understand womenfrom one of our most respected cultural critics and thinkers Naomi Wolf author of the modern classic The Beauty Myth.When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity she discovers much to her own astonishment an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh but an intrinsic component of the female brainand thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself.Utterly enthralling and totally fascinating Vagina: A New Biography draws on this set of insights about the mind-vagina connection to reveal new information about what women really need and considers what a sexual relationshipand a relationship to the selftransformed by these insights could look like.Exhilarating and groundbreaking Vagina: A New Biography combines rigorous science explained for lay readers with cultural history and deeply personal considerations of the role of female desire in female identity creativity and confidence from interviewees of all walks of life. Heralded by Publishers Weekly as one of the best science books of the year it is a provocative and deeply engaging book that elucidates the ties between a woman's experience of her vagina and her sense of self; her impulses dreams and courage; and her role in love and in society in completely new and revelatory ways sure to provoke impassioned conversation.A brilliant and nuanced synthesis of physiology history and cultural criticism Vagina: A New Biography explores the physical political and spiritual implications of this startling series of new scientific breakthroughs for women and for society as a whole from a writer whose conviction and keen intelligence have propelled her works to the tops of bestseller lists and firmly into the realms of modern classics.
language: English
title: Vagina: A New Biography
publisher: Ecco