The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box

By Catherine Blackledge

Book Overview

It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, the site of the creation of humankind, and the channel for its birth. It is also a potent arouser of sexuality. Yet why is it that we know less about the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297607065
• ISBN13: 9780297607069
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.5" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Amazing!

Blackledge writes from research and experience, inserting bits of her life in this work. I did the same thing! The Sacred Female It is very comprehensive, covering sexuality in many cultures throughout the ages: comparing and contrasting. It is really humerous to me that only the European edition allows color plates in her book. US and UK have all the plates in B & W, showing how far we have to go. This book will help us get there.

A methodical, meticulous discussion of female sexual organs

The Story Of V: A Natural History Of Female Sexuality by science writer Catherine Blackledge is a methodical, meticulous discussion of female sexual organs and their role in sexual pleasure, reproduction, and myth throughout history. Black-and-white illustrations are sparsely included; the text itself is straightforwardly clinical as it describes physical biology and representations of the vagina in art and architecture in-depth. A serious and scholarly treatment of an often-overlooked portion of the human body.