Marilyn Yalom
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Details the perception of the breast in Western culture from ancient times to the present day, exploring the religious, medical, literary, artistic, political, psychoanalytical, and social perspectives from a male and female point of view.
2) The American resting place: four hundred years of history through our cemeteries and burial grounds
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of America through its gravestones, graveyards, and burial practices, in an illustrated study that follows the historic pattern of American immigration to reveal changing ideas about death, gender, and class.