{"product_id":"it-hurts-down-there-christine-labuski-9781438458861","title":"It Hurts Down There: The Bodily Imaginaries of Female Genital Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks the medical emergence and treatment of vulvar pain conditions in order to understand why so many US women are misinformed about their sexual bodies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a woman describe a part of her body that much of society teaches her to never discuss? \u003ci\u003eIt Hurts Down There\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the largest known set of qualitative research data about vulvar pain conditions. It tells the story of one hundred women who struggled with this dilemma as they sought treatment for chronic and unexplained vulvar pain. Christine Labuski argues that the medical condition of vulvar pain cannot be adequately understood without exposing and interrogating cultural attitudes about female genitalia. The author's dual positioning as cultural anthropologist and former nurse practitioner strengthens her argument that discourses about \"healthy\" vulvas naturalize and reproduce heteronormative associations between genitalia, sex, and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Labuski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143845886X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438458861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Christine Labuski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449596129535,"sku":"9781438458861","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3bb56d0-8317-4a38-9980-166bc75a6f77.jpg?v=1777264088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-hurts-down-there-christine-labuski-9781438458861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}