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Cultural history of the buttocks. The Mannerist movement was not afraid to exaggerate body proportions for an effect considered attractive; Juno in a niche, engraving by Jacopo Caraglio, probably of a drawing by Rosso Fiorentino, 1526. An example of erotic photography that emphasizes the buttocks. Cultural history of the buttocks has included ...
978-1-982135-48-5. Butts: A Backstory is a 2022 microhistory by journalist Heather Radke. It examines the cultural history of women's buttocks. It received generally positive reviews and was named to the Time, Esquire, Amazon, Inc. and Publishers Weekly lists of the best books of the year. Published in November 2022 by Avid Reader, it is Radke ...
The buttocks (sg.: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum. They are composed of a layer of exterior skin and underlying subcutaneous fat superimposed on a left and right gluteus maximus ...
I think "cultural history" is the best way to go since much of the cultural history of the buttocks has been related to its sexualization. As well, it leaves room to expand the article, and I was thinking a series of articles on the cultural history of body parts would be interesting. Handcuffed 07:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
Gluteus maximus. The gluteus maximus is the main extensor muscle of the hip in humans. It is the largest and outermost of the three gluteal muscles and makes up a large part of the shape and appearance of each side of the hips. It is the single largest muscle in the human body. [1] Its thick fleshy mass, in a quadrilateral shape, forms the ...
Buttock cleavage. Intergluteal cleft. Cockle bread. Cultural history of the buttocks.
Sarah Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈsɑːrtʃi]), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoikhoi woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one ...
Cultural views on the midriff and navel. Cultural views on the midriff and navel vary significantly. In some cultures the navel is seen as sexually and culturally significant, and its exposure has been subject to a variety of cultural norms and taboos, based on concepts of modesty. [citation needed] The views, customs and fashions relating to ...