A complex delight : the secularization of the breast, 1350-1750 / Margaret R. Miles.

  • Miles, Margaret R. (Margaret Ruth), 1937-
Date:
[2008], ©2008
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Publication/Creation

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

xiii, 177 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

Contents

The secularization of the breast -- The religious breast -- The virgin's one bare breast -- Mary Magdalen's penitent breast -- The secular breast -- The anatomical breast -- The pornographic breast -- Afterword: A complex delight.

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    History of Medicine
    UK.AA3-7
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ISBN

  • 0520253485
  • 9780520253483