Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Gross, Rachel E. [Paperback]

Description: A camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap when it comes to what we know about half of the bodies on the planet. That is finally changing. Today, a new generation of researchers is turning its gaze to the organs traditionally bound up in baby-making-the uterus, ovaries and vagina-and illuminating them as part of a dynamic, resilient and ever-changing whole. Welcome to Vagina Obscura, an odyssey into a woman's body from a fresh perspective, ushering in a whole new cast of characters. In Boston, a pair of biologists are growing artificial ovaries to counter the cascading health effects of menopause. In Melbourne, a urologist remaps the clitoris to fill in crucial gaps in female sexual anatomy. Given unparalleled access to labs and the latest research, journalist Rachel E. Gross takes readers on a scientific journey to the centre of a wonderous world where the uterus regrows itself, ovaries pump out fresh eggs and the clitoris pulses beneath the surface like a shimmering pyramid of nerves. This paradigm shift is made possible by the growing understanding that sex and gender are not binary; we all share the same universal body plan and origin in the womb. That's why insights into the vaginal microbiome, ovarian stem cells and the biology of menstruation don't mean only a better understanding of female bodies, but a better understanding of male, non-binary, transgender and intersex bodies-in other words, all bodies. By turns funny, lyrical, incisive and shocking, Vagina Obscura is a powerful testament to how the landscape of human knowledge can be rewritten to better serve everyone. Rachel E. Gross is an award-winning science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. A former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and digital science editor of Smithsonian Magazine, she writes for BBC Future, the New York Times, and Scientific American.

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EAN: 9781324050537

UPC: 9781324050537

ISBN: 9781324050537

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Number of Pages: 336 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Vagina Obscura : an Anatomical Voyage

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

Item Height: 0.9 in

Subject: Women, Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Gynecology & Obstetrics, History

Publication Year: 2023

Item Weight: 10 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Science, Medical, History

Item Length: 8.2 in

Author: Rachel E. Gross

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback