Tits Up What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

Sarah Thornton

eBook - 2024

"An excellent new book.... [You] will not look at breasts in the same way again." —Economist An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women's chests. After years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture behind the scenes to uncover the social and cultural significance of breasts. Riotous and galvanizing, Tits Up excavates the diverse truths of mammary glands from the strip club to the operating room, from the nation's oldest human milk bank to the fit rooms of bra designers. Thornton draws insig...hts from plastic surgeons, lactation consultants, body-positive witches, lingerie models, and "free the nipple" activists to explore the status of breasts as emblems of femininity. She examines how women's chests have...

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Published
W. W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Main Author
Sarah Thornton
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Format
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Kindle Book
ASINB0CK41WPJK
Release Date5/7/2024
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780393881035
Release Date5/7/2024