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Pros
Crème de la crème. This book leaves you gobsmacked several times per page. Just spurs my interest.
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The best early exemplar of this, she says, is the venus willendorf, a female form devoid of individuality and rounded as a sign... Read More
Stands the test of time, a challenging read.
This book leaves you gobsmacked several times per page.
While his clinical work made a seminal contribution to the understanding of the human mind and the treatment of its maladies, h... Read More
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- This product had a total of 345 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 14 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Some books smack you with pieces of wisdom once some a few times
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This book leaves you gobsmacked several times per page
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It often made my head spin other times it was very hard to follow
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As i see it paglia wants to unearth and analyze the principal archetypes in western visual arts and literature which requires her to explain religion society and even human nature while shes at it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
According to paglia the most basic of these notions is the dark natureearth mother versus the civilizing force that fights against it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That makes the book an uneven reading experience
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It isnt helped by her prose either
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
An example picked at random 34but swinburnes eroticism comes from the symmetrical heraldry of female androgynes who pin the male in a fatal double bind