ISBN:
978-0-8020-9013-3
,
0-802-09013-3
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 204 S .
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Phoenix / Supplementary volume 44a
Series Statement:
Phoenix /Studies in gender 1
Series Statement:
Phoenix /Studies in gender
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.73/2
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Virginite / Aspect social
;
Virginité - Aspect social
;
Virginite dans la litterature
;
Virginité dans la littérature
;
Virginite / Histoire
;
Virginité - Histoire
;
Virginite / Mythologie
;
Virginité - Mythologie
;
Virginity / History
;
Virginity in literature
;
Virginity / Mythology
;
Virginity / Social aspects
;
Virginity in literature
;
Virginity History
;
Virginity Mythology
;
Virginity Social aspects
;
Jungfräulichkeit
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Jungfräulichkeit
Abstract:
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-196) and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2007282244.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2007282244.html
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