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Thornton, Sarah (Sarah L.).
Subjects
Breast -- Social aspects.
Breast -- Popular works.
Sex work.
Breast milk.
Foundation garments.
Body image in women.
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Thornton, Sarah (Sarah L.).
Breast -- Social aspects.
Breast -- Popular works.
Sex work.
Breast milk.
Foundation garments.
Body image in women.
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Tits
up
:
what
sex
workers
,
milk
bankers
,
plastic
surgeons
,
bra
designers
, and
witches
tell
us
about
breasts
/ Sarah Thornton.
by
Thornton, Sarah (Sarah L.).
W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Subjects
Breast -- Social aspects.
Breast -- Popular works.
Sex
work.
Breast
milk
.
Foundation garments.
Body image in women.
ISBN:
9780393881028
0393881024
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"After years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed:
What
had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture behind the scenes to uncover the social and cultural significance of
breasts
. Riotous and galvanizing,
Tits
Up
excavates the diverse truths of mammary glands from the strip club to the operating room, from the nation's oldest human
milk
bank to the fit rooms of
bra
designers
. Thornton draws insights from
plastic
surgeons
, lactation consultants, body-positive
witches
, lingerie models, and "free the nipple" activists to explore the status of
breasts
as emblems of femininity. She examines how women's chests have become a billion-dollar business, as well as a stage for debates
about
race, class, gender, and desire. Everywhere she turns, Thornton encounters chauvinistic myths
about
this elemental body part that quietly justify deficits in women's bodily autonomy and endorse shortfalls in their political status. Blending sociology, reportage, and personal narrative with refreshing optimism and wit, Thornton has one overriding ambition--to liberate
breasts
from centuries of patriarchal prejudice." --
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