ABSTRACT

Breasts: The Women‘s Perspective on an American Obsession describes and explores our national breast fetish, which is defined as a culturally constructed obsession that is deeply interwoven with beauty standards, breastfeeding practices, and sexuality. By tracing the complex history of this erotic fascination and discovering how it affects men‘s an

part |2 pages

Part One: Image and Icon

chapter 1|12 pages

Love and Loathing

chapter 2|10 pages

Initiation

chapter 3|16 pages

Dressing the Part

chapter 4|18 pages

A Matter of Life and Death

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Part Two: We two are the universe

chapter 5|14 pages

Garden of Paradise

chapter 6|18 pages

When Instinct Meets Culture

part |2 pages

Part Three: Sex

chapter 7|18 pages

Circles of Desire

chapter 8|14 pages

Breast Men

part |2 pages

Part Four: Thinking about breast

chapter 9|12 pages

How the Woman Got Her Breasts

chapter 10|12 pages

The Great and Terrible Breast

chapter 11|14 pages

Breasts Unbound