Virginity revisited : configurations of the unpossessed body /

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"Virginity Revisited is a collection of essays that examines virginity not as a physical reality but as a cultural artefact. By situating the topic of virginity within a range of historical 'moments' and using a variety of methodologies, Virginity Revisited illuminates how chastity pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: MacLachlan, Bonnie (Editor ), Fletcher, Judith (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Colección:Phoenix. Supplementary volume (Toronto, Ont.). Studies in Gender.
Temas:
Virginity > Social aspects.
Virginity in literature.
Virginity > History.
Virginity > Mythology.
Virginité > Aspect social.
Virginité dans la littérature.
Virginité > Histoire.
Virginité > Mythologie.
HISTORY > Medieval.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Virginity.
Jungfräulichkeit
Jungfräulichkeit.
Motiv.
Mythologie.
Christentum.
Kultur.
Jungfrur > historia.
Sexualitet.
Mytologi.
Oskuld i litteraturen.
Oskuld > sociala aspekter.
Oskuld > historia.
Sexualitet > historia.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Virginity Revisited is a collection of essays that examines virginity not as a physical reality but as a cultural artefact. By situating the topic of virginity within a range of historical 'moments' and using a variety of methodologies, Virginity Revisited illuminates how chastity provided a certain agency, autonomy, and power to women. This is a study of the positive and negative features of sexual renunciation, in ancient Greek divinities and mythical women, in Rome's Vestal Virgins, in the Christian martyrs and Mariology in the medieval and early modern period, and in Grace Marks, the heroine of Margaret Atwood's novel Alias Grace."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 204 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index.
ISBN:9781442685109
1442685107

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