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Butts : a backstory / Heather Radke.

Radke, Heather, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982135485
  • ISBN: 1982135484
  • Physical Description: viii, 310 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Buttocks.
Buttocks > History.
Buttocks > Social aspects.
Body image > Social aspects.
Genre: Instructional and educational works.

Available copies

  • 11 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 611.98 RADKE (Text) 50686016254869 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 305.4 RAD (Text) 37268003155025 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 611.98 RAD (Text) 33240005153179 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Highland Community Library 611.98 RAD (Text) 35610001002596 HGHM Non-Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 611.98 Radke History (Text) 39427103713673 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/18/2024
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults 611.98 RAD Nonfiction (Text) 34318001214218 Adult Area Checked Out 04/18/2024
Reading Public Library RPL - Main 611.98 Rad (Text) 33223009016873 Non-fiction Available -
Sinking Spring Library 611.98 RAD (Text) 33249024290649 Non-fiction Available -
Southern Lehigh Public Library 611.98 RAD (Text) 30044100727918 Ask at Desk - Book Discussion Checked Out 04/04/2024
Valley Community Library 611.98 RADKE (Text) 50690111285349 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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