Description: This cultural history explores the penis as alternately an icon, an evil, and a medically-controllable organ. Ranging from Ancient Greece to 1980s Las Vegas and beyond, Friedman writes accessibly about this emblem of manhood.
Synopsis This cultural history explores the penis as alternately an icon, an evil, and a medically-controllable organ. Ranging from Ancient Greece to 1980s Las Vegas and beyond, Friedman writes accessibly about this emblem of manhood.
Details
Publication Date:
2001-11-01
Edition Description:
Illustrated
Size
Length:
358 pages
Height:
9.8 in
Width:
5.8 in
Thickness:
1.2 in
Weight:
20.8 oz
Publisher's Note An offbeat and incisive cultural history charts the central role of the penis in Western culture in a study that explores the penis as an "idea" rather than a biological imperative in different eras and civilizations.
Industry Reviews "David M. Friedman's A MIND OF ITS OWN: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE PENIS is not only a well-researched social and medical history, it is also written in the lively, witty style of a first-rate reporter." Ruminator Review - Bridgitte Frase