PREFACE . . ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .  xiii
1 / The Secularization of the Breast . . 1

PART ONE: THE RELIGIOUS BREAST . . 27 
2 / The Virgin's One Bare Breast . . 33 
3 / Mary Magdalen's Penitent Breast .. 54 

PART TWO: THE SECULAR BREAST . . 77
4 / The Anatomical Breast . . 87 
5 / The Pornographic Breast . . 111
Afterword: A Complex Delight . . 131 

NOTES . . 141 
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 165 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . . 171
INDEX . . 173