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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fletcher, Judith (Editor), MacLachlan, Bonnie (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sexualitet > historia.
Oskuld > historia.
Oskuld > sociala aspekter.
Oskuld i litteraturen.
Mytologi.
Sexualitet.
Jungfrur > historia.
Kultur.
Christentum.
Mythologie.
Motiv.
Jungfräulichkeit.
Jungfräulichkeit
Virginity > Mythology.
Virginity in literature.
Virginity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Virginite > Mythologie.
Virginite > Histoire.
Virginite dans la litterature.
Virginite > Aspect social.
Virginity > History.
Virginity > Social aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (220 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9781442685109

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