{"product_id":"the-big-butt-book-hardcover","title":"The Big Butt Book - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDian Hanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eKama Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e gives detailed instructions on how to spank it. Contemporary Italians touch it for luck before placing a bet. Americans are having it cosmetically enhanced at rates approaching breast enlargement surgery. \u003cstrong\u003eThe female butt, tush, \u003cem\u003eculo\u003c\/em\u003e, or derrière has always inspired awe, fantasy, and slavish devotion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCuriously, its primary purpose is functional rather than aesthetic: butts balance our bodies while running, according to biologists. But ask any pygophiliac--as fundament fans are clinically termed--and you'll get the same answer: female hindquarters exist to please the eye, the hands, and parts south. A pert posterior causes instant arousal, as Zora Neale Hurston observed in\u003cem\u003e Their Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/em\u003e: \"The men noticed her firm buttocks like she had grape fruits in her hip pockets.\" Or, as rapper Sir Mix-a-lot proclaimed, \"My anaconda don't want none, unless you've got buns, hun.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving all but disappeared from western culture in the breast-obsessed second half of the 20th century, the fully formed fanny is currently enjoying a massive resurgence, attributed by some to American actress \u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Lopez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e by others to the rise of booty-centric hip hop culture. Yet this rage for shapely butts is nothing new. The ancient Greeks worshipped at the temple of Aphrodite Kallipygos, Goddess of the Beautiful Buttocks, while a womanly rump has always been an object of worship in most of the southern hemisphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Big Butt Book\u003c\/em\u003e explores this perennial fascination with female booty\u003c\/strong\u003e--from small and taut to large and sumptuous--in the fourth installment of Dian Hanson's critically acclaimed body parts series. Over 400 photos from 1900 to the present day, including works by \u003cstrong\u003eElmer Batters, Ellen von Unwerth, Jean-Paul Goude, Ralph Gibson, Richard Kern, Jan Saudek, Ed Fox, Terry Richardson\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSante D'Orazio, \u003c\/strong\u003e of butts ranging from petite \u003cstrong\u003ePam Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e's to sumptuous \u003cstrong\u003eSerena Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e', are contextualized by interviews with porn icon \u003cstrong\u003eJohn (Buttman) Stagliano\u003c\/strong\u003e, filmmaker \u003cstrong\u003eTinto Brass, \u003c\/strong\u003e artist \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Crumb, \u003c\/strong\u003e bootylicious butt queens \u003cstrong\u003eBuffie The Body, Coco\u003c\/strong\u003e and Brazil's \u003cstrong\u003eWatermelon Woman, \u003c\/strong\u003e plus \u003cstrong\u003eEve Howard\u003c\/strong\u003e and her life-long spanking obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 12.2 x 12.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50867630997701,"sku":"9783836596565","price":79.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/zcYIu8D_KT9783836596565.webp?v=1793710251","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-big-butt-book-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}