Immaculate Forms

Uncovering the History of Women's Bodies

Helen King

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Throughout 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'.

Today, 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.

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?

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s work is a treasure! Deeply brilliant
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The Once and Future Sex Eleanor Janega, Marieke Bigg, Womb Leah Hazard, hysteria, Unwell Women Elinor Cleghorn, Lindsey Fitzharris, history of gynaecology, women's studies, classics, women's bodies, history of medicine, women and medicine, Gail Kern Paster, Hippocrates, Pain and Prejudice Gabrielle Jackson