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GREER,GERMAINE**: : THE BOY

LONDON.THAMES & HUDSON LTD.,2003.,

ISBN 050023809X.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy,b/w +colour illustrated wraps (b/w photograph - David Bailey - upper wrap,colour painting portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds to rear wrap]; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine. Bright,clean grey cloth bds with printer's impressed device (2 dolphins circling each other) to upper bd,bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain grey eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,7-256pp [paginated] includes colour portrait painting,double-page colour photographic title-page; double-page colour painting contents list,proem,10 chapters with 206 illustrations,177 in colour,notes, picture credit and an index. Conventional wisdom has it that in visual culture the female body,not the male,is viewed as the primary object of desire. Germaine Greer argues that until the 19thC the image of the female body was not drawn from life but constructed on aesthetic principles.The naked body that was instead studied and portrayed with heart-stopping immediacy in hundreds of guises,most of them to some extent erotic,some of them sadistic,is that of the boy.Since the elevation of the female nude as the subject of the artist's gaze,we have become curiously insensitive to the short-lived beauty of the young male.Though male nudes display their genitals [as female nudes never have done] we do not admit to ourselves that they too may be objects of heterosexual desire or that women have eyes to see.By censoring their response to stunning depictions of ravishing boys, perhaps presuming that they are designed to appeal only to homosexual men,women deny themselves a wealth of refined and complex pleasure.With over 200 images drawn from the whole history of Western art, illustrating the vissitudes of the beautiful male,as toy boy,virgin soldier, naked martyr or winged genius,angel or seducer,narcissist or worshipper,we are invited to appreciate boys in all their sensuality,spontaneity and vulnerability. In exploring the iconic ideal of the beautiful boy,whether a sculpture of Cupid or David,a painting by Caravaggio or Van Dyck,or a photograph by Nan Goldin or Sally Mann,Germaine Greer demolishes one of the last great Western taboos. Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and public intellectual,regarded as one of the major voices of the radical feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century. Specializing in English and women's literature,she has held academic positions in England at the University of Warwick and Newnham College,Cambridge,and in the United States at the University of Tulsa.Based in the United Kingdom since 1964,she has divided her time since the 1990s between Queensland,Australia,and her home in Essex, England.Her ideas have created controversy ever since her first book,'The Female Eunuch' (1970),which made her a household name.Her subsequent work has focused on literature,feminism and the environment. She has written over 20 books,including 'Sex and Destiny' (1984),'The Change' (1991),'The Whole Woman' (1999). Please contact seller,because of the value and weight of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Heavy tome,1.6 Kg unpackaged. ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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