Nudes from Nowhere: Utopian Sexual Landscapes - Softcover

This discussion of the ancient metaphor of land-as-woman, woman-as-land is a delightful tour de force of scholarly learning, enlivened by a wicked sense of humor. Darby Lewes provides a comprehensive survey of 'somatopia, ' the mutual mapping of female bodies and places. After reading this book, one will never look at 'country matters' in quite the same way. Highly recommended for anyone interested in feminism, women's studies, pornography, utopia, and the cultural study of landscape.--W. J.T. Mitchell, University of Chicago, editor of Critical Inquiry

Nudes from Nowhere is the history of the idea that women and land are analogous. From the earliest etiological myths, through British pornographic texts, to historical documents of colonization, this book documents the insidious results of feminizing nature and masculinizing culture. Nudes from Nowhere shows how both pornography and imperialism feed on those who lack the protection afforded by the privilege of race, class, or gender.