{"product_id":"immaculate-forms-uncovering-the-history-of-womens-bodies-9781788163880","title":"Immaculate Forms: Uncovering the History of Women's Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eImmaculate Forms explores the history of women's bodies, examining how medicine and religion have played a gatekeeping role over women's organs. It uncovers the womb's miraculous and sewer-like nature, the legacy of breasts as maternal or sexual organs, the mystery of the disappearing hymen, and the question of whether the clitoris needed to be discovered. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 05 June 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Profile Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIlluminating, thoughtful and scholarly, The Financial Times offers a fascinating exploration of the history of women's bodies. Greg Jenner, BBC Woman's Hour, and the Guardian have all praised the book for its authoritative, rich, and wide-ranging scholarship. Throughout history, religious scholars, medical men, and occasionally women themselves have shaped our understanding of what constitutes a woman. She has been referred to as the weaker sex, the fairer sex, and 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. However, contrary to what some may believe, what makes a woman is a question that has always been open-ended. Immaculate Forms delves into the various 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 the legacies of breasts 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 376g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 198 x 129 x 31 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781788163880\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: Main\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47389557915898,"sku":"9781788163880","price":8.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1749210561653_book.jpg?v=1749279967","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/immaculate-forms-uncovering-the-history-of-womens-bodies-9781788163880","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}