Publisher's Synopsis
"Sexual Visions" deals with the cultural intertwining of science and sexuality. It draws together the fields of women's studies, biology, art history and cultural studies.;Through an extensive analysis of professional and popular medical and biological writings, sculpture, anatomical wax models, paintings, films, poetry and fiction, the author shows how the fluid and ever-changing roles of such opposites as "male/female" and "reason/emotion" are central to the culture of science and are also powerful images in their own rights.
