An astonishing new work that radically changes how we think about, talk about an
d understand the vagina - and consequently how we think about women and sexualit
y - from Naomi Wolf, one of our most respected cultural critics and author of th
e modern classic, The Beauty Myth. Vagina: A New Biography combines cutting-edge
science with cultural history to explore the role of female desire and how it a
ffects female identity, creativity and confidence. Provocative and engaging, pos
itive and inspiring, this book brings to light female impulses, history and drea
ms - and, in exploring what women really need - it goes to the very core of what
it means to be female.
For any woman who wants to understand her body and he
r mind and the culture that defines her - Vagina is essential reading.