Virgin Envy - The Cultural (In)Significance of the Hymen (Paperback)

Virgin Envy sets out to re-conceive the ways that we describe and relate to virginity as a cultural construct. Who is a virgin? How do we lose our virginities? What if we regret our "first time"? Contributors to Virgin Envy everything from medieval romance to Bollywood films to Twilight and True Blood, to destabilize the many assumptions about sexual purity. In particular, the hymen is called into question. How is virginity determined for those without a hymen? How do we account for the ways in which the "geography of the hymen" has changed over the course of history? And what about male and queer virginity? Issues of commodification, postcoloniality, and religious diversity are also addressed. "An ambitious, wide-ranging, and eclectic collection." Corrinne Harol, Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature

General

Imprint:	University of Regina Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	November 2016
Editors:	Jonathan A. Allan • Cristina Santos • Adriana Spahr
Dimensions:	228 x 154 x 152mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-88977-423-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > Sexual relations Promotions
LSN:	0-88977-423-4
Barcode:	9780889774230

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