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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780415221818
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-415-22181-8
- Verlag: Routledge
- Erscheinungstermin: 03.02.2000
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2000
- Serie: Routledge Research in Medieval Studies
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 445 g
- Seiten: 208
- Format (B x H x T): 161 x 240 x 21 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt