Medieval Virginities

Herausgeber: Bernau, Anke; Salih, Sarah; Evans, Ruth

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Produktbeschreibung

The variety of subjects and disciplines represented here testify both to the elusiveness of virginity and to its lasting appeal and importance. Medieval Virginities shows how virginity's inherent ambiguity highlights the problems, contradictions and discontinuities lurking within medieval ideologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 138mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780802089601
• ISBN-10: 0802089607
• Artikelnr.: 21701404

Autorenporträt

By Anke Bernau, Ruth Evans, and Sarah Salih

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Illustrations
* Series Editors' Preface
* Acknowledgements
* Notes on Contributors
* Abbreviations
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1. Introduction: Virginities and Virginity Studies - Sarah Salih,
Anke Bernalj and Ruth Evans
2. When is a Bosom Not a Bosom?: Problems with 'Erotic Mysticism'
- Sarah Salih
3. The Sheela-na-Gig: An Incongruous Sign of Sexual Purity? -
Juliette Dor
4. Virginity and Chastity Tests in Medieval Welsh Prose - Jane
Cartwright
5. Four Virgins' Tales: Sex and Power in Medieval Law - Kim M.
Phillips
6. The Labour of Continence: Masculinity and Clerical Virginity -
John H. Arnold
7. Edward the Celibate, Edward the Saint: Virginity in the
Construction of Edward the Confessor - Joanna Huntington
8. Alchemy and the Exploration of Late Medieval Sexuality -
Jonathan Hughes
9. The Jew, the Host and the Virgin Martyr: Fantasies of the
Sentient Body - Ruth Evans
10. Can the Virgin Martyr Speak? - Robert Mills
11. 'Saint, Witch, Man, Maid or Whore?': Joan of Arc and Writing
History - Anke Bernau
12. Virginity Now and Then: A Response to Medieval Virginities -
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne
* Bibliography
* Index