{"product_id":"woman-an-intimate-geography-by-natalie-angier","title":"'Woman: An Intimate Geography' by Natalie Angier","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAngier wants the body returned from cliché, pathology and condescension — not softened into mystique, but understood in its complexity, intelligence and strangeness.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus, the book became in full, a sharp, expansive work of popular science about the female body. She covers anatomy, hormones, chromosomes, sex, reproduction, evolution, desire, menstruation, menopause, pregnancy, breast tissue, eggs, beauty, strength, culture, myth. It isn't a neutral biological tour, but rather a lively argument against the dreary determinisms that have so often been attached to women’s bodies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is funny, combative, detailed and very late-90s in the best and worst ways: big science-writing confidence, lots of metaphor, an open war with biological reductionism, and a strong sense that anatomy is never simply anatomy once culture gets hold of it. A good one for readers of feminist science writing, gender studies, corporeality, popular biology, medical humanities, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Emily Martin, Cordelia Fine, or anyone interested in how the body becomes a battleground for explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirago paperback, published 1999. First published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. Good second-hand condition from photos, with light cover rubbing, handling and edgewear. Internally clean.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45711844966483,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker-2026-06-18T093332.688.png?v=1781739414","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/woman-an-intimate-geography-by-natalie-angier","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}