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Virgins : a cultural history / Anke Bernau.
| Author/creator | Bernau, Anke |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Granta, 2007. |
| Description | xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. 'I don't know virgin' -- The elusive hymen -- The signs of virginity -- Is virginity bad for you? -- Restoring virginity and the chastity business -- Virgin mummies -- 2. 'The world's redemption' -- Body and soul -- Virgins and wives -- Reformed virginity -- Passionate purity -- 3. 'An unknown alphabet' -- Beginnings -- The pen and the page -- How to read virginity -- Defloration -- Independent virgins -- Unnatural, unfashionable, uncanny -- Endings -- 4. 'Repugnant to the common good' -- The body politic -- Virgin territories -- Virginity in the marketplace -- The public woman -- The virgin and the law : rape -- 5. The future of virginity -- Sexual politics -- Teaching innocence -- Birth of a movement -- Abstinence tomorrow? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008399095 |
| ISBN | 9781862078109 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1862078106 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GN484.47 .B47 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |