TY - BOOK ID - 17537562 TI - Virginity revisited : configurations of the unpossessed body AU - MacLachlan, Bonnie AU - Fletcher, Judith PY - 2007 VL - 45 SN - 0802084249 9780802090133 0802090133 1442685107 9780802084248 9781442685109 PB - Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Virginity in literature. KW - Virginité dans la littérature KW - Virginity in literature KW - Virginité dans la littérature KW - 930.85.44 <45> KW - Geschiedenis van Italië: Veneto; Venezia; Venezia Tridentina--(reg./lok.) KW - Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance--Italië KW - 930.85.44 <45> Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance--Italië KW - 945.34 VENEZIA Geschiedenis van Italië: Veneto; Venezia; Venezia Tridentina--(reg./lok.) KW - 945.34 VENEZIA KW - Virginity KW - Sexual abstinence KW - Defloration KW - First sexual experiences KW - Social aspects. KW - History. KW - Mythology. KW - History KW - Mythology KW - Social aspects KW - Virginité KW - Aspect social KW - Histoire KW - Mythologie KW - Mary, KW - Virginity. KW - Virginity - Social aspects KW - Virginity - History KW - Virginity - Mythology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17537562 AB - "Virginity Revisited is a collection of essays that examines virginity not as a physical reality but as a cultural artefact. By situating the topic of virginity within a range of historical 'moments' and using a variety of methodologies, Virginity Revisited illuminates how chastity provided a certain agency, autonomy, and power to women. This is a study of the positive and negative features of sexual renunciation, in ancient Greek divinities and mythical women, in Rome's Vestal Virgins, in the Christian martyrs and Mariology in the medieval and early modern period, and in Grace Marks, the heroine of Margaret Atwood's novel Alias Grace."--Jacket. ER -