Medieval virginities
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Medieval virginities
（Religion and culture in the Middle Ages）
University of Wales Press, 2003
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [254]-288
Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780708317624
Description
From Joan of Arc to Britney Spears, the figure of the virgin has been the subject of considerable scholarly and popular interest. Yet virginity itself is a paradoxical condition, both perfect and monstrous, present and absent, often visible only insofar as it is under threat. Medieval Virginities traces some of the specific manifestations of virginity in late medieval culture. It shows how virginity is represented in medical, legal, hagiographical and historical texts, as well as how the seductive but dangerous figure of the virgin affects the aims and objectives of these texts. Because virginity is so often thought of as self-identical and ahistorical, Medieval Virginities aims to theorize and historicize its various manifestations and to demonstrate how representations and discussions of virginity continuously shift and change. 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. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in questions of gender identity, conceptions of the body, subjectivity, truth and representation in medieval culture.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - Anke Bernau, Sarah Salih and Ruth Evans
- 1. When is a Bosom not a Bosom? Problems with Erotic Mysticism(Sarah Salih
- 2. The Sheela-na-gig. An Incongruous Sign of Sexual Purity? - Juliette Dor
- 3. Virginity and Chastity tests in Medieval Welsh Prose - Jane Cartwright
- 4. Four Virgins' Tales - Sex and Power in Medieval Law - Kim M. Phillips
- 5. The Labour of Continence - Masculine Clerical Virginity - John H. Arnold 6. Virginity in the Construction of Edward the Confessor as a Saint - Joanna Huntington
- 7. Alchemy and the Exploration of Late Medieval Sexuality - Jonathan Hughes
- 8. The Jew, the Host and the Virgin Martyr - Fantasies of the Sentient Body - Ruth Evans
- 9. Can the Virgin Martyr Speak? - Robert Mills -10. Saint, Witch, Man, Maid or Whore? Joan of Arc and Writing History - Anke Bernau
- 11. Afterword - Jocelyn Wogan-Browne.
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: hbk ISBN 9780708317631
Description
From Joan of Arc to Britney Spears, the figure of the virgin has been the subject of considerable scholarly and popular interest. Yet virginity itself is a paradoxical condition, both perfect and monstrous, present and absent, often visible only insofar as it is under threat. Medieval Virginities traces some of the specific manifestations of virginity in late medieval culture. It shows how virginity is represented in medical, legal, hagiographical and historical texts, as well as how the seductive but dangerous figure of the virgin affects the aims and objectives of these texts. Because virginity is so often thought of as self-identical and ahistorical, Medieval Virginities aims to theorize and historicize its various manifestations and to demonstrate how representations and discussions of virginity continuously shift and change. 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. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in questions of gender identity, conceptions of the body, subjectivity, truth and representation in medieval culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction (Anke Bernau, Sarah Salih and Ruth Evans) - 1. When is a Bosom not a Bosom? Problems with Erotic Mysticism(Sarah Salih) - 2. The Sheela-na-gig. An Incongruous Sign of Sexual Purity? (Juliette Dor) - 3. Virginity and Chastity tests in Medieval Welsh Prose (Jane Cartwright) - 4. Four Virgins' Tales: Sex and Power in Medieval Law (Kim M. Phillips) - 5. The Labour of Continence: Masculine Clerical Virginity (John H. Arnold) 6. Virginity in the Construction of Edward the Confessor as a Saint (Joanna Huntington) - 7. Alchemy and the Exploration of Late Medieval Sexuality (Jonathan Hughes) - 8. The Jew, the Host and the Virgin Martyr: Fantasies of the Sentient Body (Ruth Evans) - 9. Can the Virgin Martyr Speak? (Robert Mills) -10. Saint, Witch, Man, Maid or Whore? Joan of Arc and Writing History (Anke Bernau) - 11. Afterword (Jocelyn Wogan-Browne)
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