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Eloquent Virgins - The Rhetoric of Virginity from Thecla to Joan of Arc (Paperback, 1st ed. 2003) Loot Price: R1,539
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Eloquent Virgins - The Rhetoric of Virginity from Thecla to Joan of Arc (Paperback, 1st ed. 2003): M Mcinerney

Eloquent Virgins - The Rhetoric of Virginity from Thecla to Joan of Arc (Paperback, 1st ed. 2003)

M Mcinerney

Series: The New Middle Ages

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The tales of the virgin martyrs inevitably emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. To the modern reader, these popular texts seem like exercises in sadism, but while they could be made to function as vehicles for active misogyny, they also provided Medieval women such as Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc with role models who helped them to shape their own extraordinary destinies. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The New Middle Ages
Release date: October 2003
First published: 2003
Authors: M Mcinerney
Dimensions: 216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 250
Edition: 1st ed. 2003
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-62301-3
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
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LSN: 1-349-62301-6
Barcode: 9781349623013

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