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Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages [PDF ebook]

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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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781134737567 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2002 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4303128 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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