Immaculate Forms

In *Immaculate Forms*, Helen King delves into the complex and often turbulent history of women's bodies, examining how conceptions of the female body have been shaped by both medical and religious influences.

The book explores the changing understandings and interpretations of the breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb across different historical periods, highlighting how these body parts have been used to define 'woman' and how their meanings have been debated and mythologized.

King's work illustrates how these conceptions have owed more to imagination and myth than to scientific observation, and how they continue to be influenced by cultural and societal interpretations.