Bibliograph

Woman, an intimate geography, Natalie Angier

Type

Label

Woman, an intimate geography, Natalie Angier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Woman

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

854944380

Responsibility statement

Natalie Angier

Sub title

an intimate geography

Summary

The author explores the essence of what it means to be a woman--in body and mind--as she shares her thoughts on everything from organs to orgasm and menopause

Table Of Contents

Introduction : Into the light -- Unscrambling the egg : it begins with one perfect solar cell -- The mosaic imagination : understanding the "female" chromosome -- Default line : is the female body a passive construct? -- The well-tempered clavier : on the evolution of the clitoris -- Suckers and horns : the prodigal uterus -- Mass hysteria : losing the uterus -- Circular reasonings : the story of the breast -- Holy water : breast milk -- A gray and yellow basket : the bounteous ovary -- Greasing the wheels : a brief history of hormones -- Venus in furs : estrogen and desire -- Mindful menopause : can we live without estrogen? -- There's no place like notoriety : mothers, grandmothers, and other great dames -- Wolf whistles and hyena smiles : testosterone and women -- Spiking the punch : in defense of female aggression -- Cheap meat : learning to make a muscle -- Labor of love : the chemistry of human bondage -- Of hoggamus and hogwash : putting evolutionary psychology on the couch -- A skeptic in paradise : a call for revolutionary psychology

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