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Summary:

"Whether we love them or hate them, think they're sexy, think they're strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. A woman's butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. But why? In Butts: A Backstory, reporter, essayist, and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out."-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Origins. Muscle ; Fat ; Feathers
• Sarah. Life ; Legacy
• Shape. Bigness ; Smallness
• Norma. Creation ; Proliferation ; Resistance
• Fit. Steel ; Joy
• Bootylicious. Kate ; Mix ; Jennifer ; Kim
• Motion. Twerk ; Miley ; The year of the butt ; Reclamation
• Conclusion.

Author/Creator:

Radke, Heather , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Butts: a backstory [by Radke, H.]

Subjects:

Buttocks

Buttocks — History

Buttocks — Social aspects

Body image — Social aspects

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

QL950.39 .R33 2022abeb

ISBNs:

9781982135522 (electronic bk.)
1982135522 (electronic bk.)
9781982135485 [Invalid]
1982135484 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1361808568

Other Control Numbers:

EBC7104717 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp303174365