non-bookish terms for "well-endowed," etc.

[Slivkin, Yevgeny]

Natalie Kononenko asked, "what are the culturally attractive body parts in
Russian culture, and perhaps also in other Slavic cutlures?" 

I do not know about the other Slavic cultures, but in Russian culture which
is still based on literature the most attractive part of femail body is
"piatka".


Don Guan: (...)pod etim vdov'im chernym pokryvalom
               Chut' uzen'kuiu piatku ia zametil.
Leporello: Dovol'no s vas. U vas voobrazhen'e  
           V minutu dorisuet ostal'noe

                              (A.S. Pushkin)


Yevgeny Slivkin


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Dear List members,

I must say that the various recent discussions have made for some
interesting reading.

May I ask the following - and this is a matter of personal rather than
professional curiosity - what are the contemporary non-bookish, as in
street, terms for "well-endowed" and those other attributes that are
associated with sexual desirability in women?

And if Alina would be so kind, what are the culturally attractive body parts
in Russian culture, and perhaps also in other Slavic cutlures?  
This question is getting close to professional interests.

Natalie Kononenko Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies 200 Arts Building Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2E6
Phone: 780-492-6810
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/

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