The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History - ... - Emma L.E. Rees
The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History - ... - Emma L.E. Rees From South Park to Kathy Acker, from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City, women's sexual organs are demonized. Rees investigates the…
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The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History - ... - Emma L.E. Rees
From South Park to Kathy Acker, from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City, women's sexual organs are demonized. Rees investigates the evolution of this demonization: she considers how writers, artists and filmmakers contend with the dilemma of he vagina's puzzling 'covert visibility' and how the 'c-word' is an obscenity that both legitimates and perpetuates the fractured identities of women globally.In our postmodern, porn-obsessed culture, vaginas appear to be everywhere, literally or symbolically but, crucially, they are as silenced as they are objectified. In The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History, Emma L.E.
The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural Even common slang terms for the vagina can be seen as an attempt to divert attention away from the reality of women's lived sexual experiences: slang offers a convenient distraction from something taboo.