the pz gesture of the lactating goddess

Table of contents

Abstract & Preface

poetry by
Adrienne Rich


Chapter I
The hand of "El caballero de la mano al pecho"

Chapter II
Iconographical sources of nursing and nursing gestures in pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures

Chapter III
Iconographical sources of nursing and nursing gestures in Christian cultures

Chapter IV
Breast-feeding forms in the Renaissance

Chapter V
Literary sources of lactating goddesses

Chapter VI
The meaning of the Ostentatio Mammarum
and the pseudo- zygodactylous gesture


Illustrations & Bibliography

Biographical sketch

Footnotes


   

The Pseudozygodactylous Gesture
of the Lactating Goddess:
Evolution and Migration
by thomas peter kunesh

Gerard David's painting of the Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child
by Gerard David



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