Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages EPUB
by Kathleen Coyne Kelly
Part of the Routledge Research in Medieval Studies series
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This book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified.
Kelly analyses a variety of medieval Western European texts - including medical treatises and their Classical antecedents - and historical and legal documents.
The main focus is the representation of both male and female virgins in saints' legends and romances.
The author also makes a comparative study of examples from contemporary fiction, television and film in which testing virginity is a theme.
Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages presents a compelling and provocative study of the parodox of bodily and spiritual integrity as both presence and absence.
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- Pages:208 pages
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- Publication Date:01/11/2002
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:01/11/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9781134737550