Florence Williams is a contributing editor at ‘Outside’ magazine, and her articles and essays have been widely anthologized. ‘Breasts’ was named a finalist for the 2011 Columbia/Nieman Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. Williams lives in Boulder, Colorado.
*Starred Review* In her exceptional history, science journalist Williams does more to enlighten us on the virtues of, workings of, and perils to women’s breasts than anyone ever has before, notwithstanding the efforts of the three H’s: Hooters, Hefner, and Hughes (Howard, inventor of the cantilever bra). And she does it with smarts, sass, and intent. Her book can be characterized as an exposé because it unveils the scandalously scanty amount of research devoted to those that define the very essence of the human race. To be sure, Williams covers all the cultural and anthropological information that the mostly male scientific—and not-so-scientific—community has gathered about what is euphemistically referred to as second base. And she goes much further, elucidating the primary purpose of the female breast and how breasts alter at each stage of a woman’s life, then venturing into breast enlargements, the chemistry of breast milk, how breasts are evolving, and how little we know about the effects of environmental toxins and the rise in breast cancer. Meant to nurture the next generation for life on planet earth, breasts are also humanity’s first responders to environmental changes. And what have modern-day chemical exposures wrought? The answers to this question and many more are found in Williams’ remarkably informative and compelling work of discovery. --Donna Chavez
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“Florence Williams's double-D talents as a reporter and writer lift this book high above the genre and separate it from the ranks of ordinary science writing. Breasts is illuminating, surprising, clever, important. Williams is an author to savor and look forward to.” (Mary Roach )
“Be brave, buy this book, and withstand the giggles and sniggers of your friends. For here is a wonderful history, stretching across hundreds of millions of years, of an astonishingly complex part of the human body. Williams weaves together research on nutrition, cancer, psychology, and even structural engineering to create a fascinating portrait of the breast: that singular gland that gave us, as mammals, our very name.” (Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex and Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea )
“A wonderful and entertaining tour through the evolution, biology and cultural aspects of the organ that defines us as mammals!” (Susan Love, M.D., M.B.A., President of Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation )
“In her comprehensive 'environmental history' of the only human body part without its own medical specialty,…Williams focuses on the importance of understanding breasts as more than sex objects…Williams puts hard data and personal history together with humor, creating an evenhanded cautionary tale that will both amuse and appall.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Starred Review. ...exceptional history... with smarts, sass, and intent.... Meant to nurture the next generation for life on planet Earth, breasts are also humanity’s first responders to environmental changes. And what have modern-day chemical exposures wrought? The answers to this question and many more are found in Williams’ remarkably informative and compelling work of discovery.” (Booklist )
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給大傢說個段子:某老闆麵試秘書,有三個女子來麵試。老闆故意在走廊上丟瞭一百塊錢,一個女子看到瞭沒有去撿,一個女子撿起來自己裝瞭起來,一個女子撿起來瞭交給前颱,請問老闆選擇瞭哪一個?答案是選擇瞭胸大的那個。男性的猥瑣,有時候就體現在這種赤裸裸的乳房歧視上。 ...
評分 評分 評分《乳房》這本書的副標題,叫“一段自然與非自然的曆史”,自然和非自然,其實對應的就是生物和社會這兩方麵。 本期的解讀,我們就聚焦在乳房這個人體器官,主要用“自然和社會協同進化”的視角,來理解現代生活如何改變我們的乳房。 所以,首先我們會從自然及生物性的角度,看...
評分美國科普記者弗洛倫斯•威廉姆斯寫瞭本書,叫做《乳房》,副標題是“一段自然與非自然的曆史”。2012~2013年先後拿瞭“紐約時報好書奬”等幾個奬項。 我原本以為此書類似瑪麗蓮•亞隆的文化人類學著作。乳房的演進隱藏著的文化寓意?西方藝術史對乳房的描繪如何摺射時代觀...
圖書標籤: 乳房 社會學 Journalism history 身體 英文原版 胸部 生理學
同事介紹的好書。乳房啊乳房,充滿性暗示的器官,開啓生命的器官,讓人區彆於其他靈長類的器官。濫用的塑化劑和其他毒素最終也匯聚在此,也許最終終結人類的也是它。不論男女其實都該看看。
評分以曆史的角度來談關於乳房的各種話題,當然是以疾病、早熟、環境汙染等問題為主啦。看完隻記住瞭幾個要點:1.我們已被汙染,並通過乳汁汙染下一代。2.女性早熟者女性疾病發病率高,飲食要清淡。3.男性受汙染嚴重也會得乳癌
評分Modern medicine focuses more on ‘proven’ relationship between diseases and causes, while the book links potential threats to humans, particularly females and their offspring through lactating, with modern lifestyles and ‘improvements’ of living conditions. It also dives into future options with progresses in sciences. #Thanks to Shanghai Library
評分Modern medicine focuses more on ‘proven’ relationship between diseases and causes, while the book links potential threats to humans, particularly females and their offspring through lactating, with modern lifestyles and ‘improvements’ of living conditions. It also dives into future options with progresses in sciences. #Thanks to Shanghai Library
評分前半部比較有趣, 後半太重複瞭
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