Kathleen Coyne Kelly

Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study presents a compelling and provocative study of virginity, which challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780415758246
• ISBN-10: 0415758246
• Artikelnr.: 39698278

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Coyne Kelly

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Castitas/Virginitas 1. Hymenologies: the multiple signs of
virginity 2. 'Armour of Proof': the virgin and the Church in hagiography 3.
'Love's Traces': the lady and test in romance 4. Oxymoronic bodies: male
virgins in hagiography and romance 5. Multiple virgins and contemporary
virginities