{"product_id":"king-helen-immaculate-forms-2024-hardback","title":"King Helen: Immaculate Forms [2024] hardback","description":"'With unrivaled expertise and a wealth of classical and contemporary detail, the author weaves historical knowledge of medicine, anatomy, literature, art and religion into a narrative that surprises, informs, excites and frequently amuses' Adrian Thatcher, author of Vile Bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout history, religious scholars, medical men and - occasionally - women themselves, have moulded thought on what 'makes' a woman. She has been called the weaker sex, the fairer sex, the purer sex, among many other monikers. Often, she has been defined simply as 'Not A Man'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, we are more aware than ever of the complex relationship between our bodies and our identities. But contrary to what some may believe, what makes a woman is a question that has always been open-ended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Immaculate Forms examines all the ways in which medicine and religion have played a gatekeeping role over women's organs. It explores how the womb was seen as both the most miraculous organ in the body and as a sewer; uncovers breasts' legacies as maternal or sexual organs - or both; probes the mystery of the disappearing hymen, and asks, did the clitoris need to be discovered at all?","brand":"Helen King","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49001553789267,"sku":"9781788163873","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/helen-king-king-helen-immaculate-forms-2024-hardback-9781788163873-57262191837523.jpg?v=1727080154","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/king-helen-immaculate-forms-2024-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}