{"product_id":"tits-up-what-sex-workers-milk-bankers-plastic-surgeons-bra-designers-and-witches-tell-us-about-breasts-9780393881028","title":"Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture behind the scenes to uncover the social and cultural significance of breasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiotous and galvanizing, \u003cem\u003eTits Up\u003c\/em\u003e excavates the diverse truths of mammary glands from the strip club to the operating room, from the nation's oldest human milk bank to the fit rooms of bra designers. Thornton draws insights from plastic surgeons, lactation consultants, body-positive witches, lingerie models, and \"free the nipple\" activists to explore the status of breasts as emblems of femininity. She examines how women's chests have become a billion-dollar business, as well as a stage for debates about race, class, gender, and desire. Everywhere she turns, Thornton encounters chauvinist myths about this elemental body part that quietly justify deficits in women's bodily autonomy and endorse shortfalls in their political status. Blending sociology, reportage, and personal narrative with refreshing optimism and wit, Thornton has one overriding ambition--to liberate breasts from centuries of patriarchal prejudice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Thornton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393881028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThornton, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Thornton\u003c\/strong\u003e is a sociologist and author of four critically acclaimed books, including the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eSeven Days in the Art World\u003c\/em\u003e. A scholar-in-residence at University of California, Berkeley, for three years while writing \u003cem\u003eTits Up\u003c\/em\u003e, she lives in San Francisco, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43769343639667,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e3204afd-3571-40a9-b5a9-f0d228d3532f.jpg?v=1757075089","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/tits-up-what-sex-workers-milk-bankers-plastic-surgeons-bra-designers-and-witches-tell-us-about-breasts-9780393881028","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}