Virginity Revisited : : Configurations of the Unpossessed Body / / Judith Fletcher, Bonnie MacLachlan.
From Classical Antiquity to the present, virginity has been closely allied with power: as someone who chooses a life of celibacy retains mastery over his or her body. Sexual potency withheld becomes an energy-reservoir that can ensure independence and enhance self-esteem, but it can also be harnesse...
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Virginity Revisited : Configurations of the Unpossessed Body / Judith Fletcher, Bonnie MacLachlan. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2007 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; 45 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Maclachlan, Bonnie -- 1. The Invention of Virginity on Olympus / Irwin, Eleanor -- 2. The Virgin Choruses of Aeschylus / Fletcher, Judith -- 3. The Hippocratic Parthenos in Sickness and Health / Hanson, Ann Ellis -- 4. Why Were the Vestals Virgins? Or the Chastity of Women and the Safety of the Roman State / Parker, Holt N. -- 5. 'Only Virgins Can Give Birth to Christ': The Virgin Mary and the Problem of Female Authority in Late Antiquity / Cooper, Kate -- 6. Virgo Fortis: Images of the Crucified Virgin Saint in Medieval Art / Friesen, Ilse -- 7. Amplification of the Virgin: Play and Empowerment in Walter of Wimborne's Marie Carmina / Sutherland, Jenifer -- 8. Christ from the Head of Jupiter: An Epistemological Note on Huet's Treatment of the Virgin Birth / Lennon, Thomas -- 9. 'Sew and snip, and patch together a genius': Quilting a Virginal Identity in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace / Bailey, Anne Geddes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Backmatter restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From Classical Antiquity to the present, virginity has been closely allied with power: as someone who chooses a life of celibacy retains mastery over his or her body. Sexual potency withheld becomes an energy-reservoir that can ensure independence and enhance self-esteem, but it can also be harnessed by public institutions and redirected for the common good. This was the founding principle of the Vestal Virgins of Rome and later in the monastic orders of the middle ages. Mythical accounts of goddesses and heroines who possessed the ability to recover their virginity after sexual experience demonstrate a belief that virginity is paradoxically connected both with social autonomy and the ability to serve the human community. 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, from 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Virginity in literature. Virginity History. Virginity Mythology. Virginity Social aspects. HISTORY / Medieval. bisacsh Fletcher, Judith, editor. MacLachlan, Bonnie, editor. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802090133 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685109 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442685109.jpg |
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Virginity Revisited : Configurations of the Unpossessed Body / Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / 1. The Invention of Virginity on Olympus / 2. The Virgin Choruses of Aeschylus / 3. The Hippocratic Parthenos in Sickness and Health / 4. Why Were the Vestals Virgins? Or the Chastity of Women and the Safety of the Roman State / 5. 'Only Virgins Can Give Birth to Christ': The Virgin Mary and the Problem of Female Authority in Late Antiquity / 6. Virgo Fortis: Images of the Crucified Virgin Saint in Medieval Art / 7. Amplification of the Virgin: Play and Empowerment in Walter of Wimborne's Marie Carmina / 8. Christ from the Head of Jupiter: An Epistemological Note on Huet's Treatment of the Virgin Birth / 9. 'Sew and snip, and patch together a genius': Quilting a Virginal Identity in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace / Works Cited -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / 1. The Invention of Virginity on Olympus / 2. The Virgin Choruses of Aeschylus / 3. The Hippocratic Parthenos in Sickness and Health / 4. Why Were the Vestals Virgins? Or the Chastity of Women and the Safety of the Roman State / 5. 'Only Virgins Can Give Birth to Christ': The Virgin Mary and the Problem of Female Authority in Late Antiquity / 6. Virgo Fortis: Images of the Crucified Virgin Saint in Medieval Art / 7. Amplification of the Virgin: Play and Empowerment in Walter of Wimborne's Marie Carmina / 8. Christ from the Head of Jupiter: An Epistemological Note on Huet's Treatment of the Virgin Birth / 9. 'Sew and snip, and patch together a genius': Quilting a Virginal Identity in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace / Works Cited -- Index -- Backmatter |
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