Virgin envy : the cultural insignificance of the hymen /: the cultural insignificance of the hymen. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan A. Allan, Cristina Santos, Adriana Spahr.
• Editors: Allan, Jonathan A, 1983-; Santos, Cristina, 1972-; Spahr, Adriana, 1957-
• Contents: Introduction: 'Our Tantalizing Double': Envious Virgins, Envying Virgins, Virgin Envy - Jonathan A. Allan, Cristina Santos, and Adriana Spahr Part I: Too Much Pain for Such Little Reward 1. 'I Will Cut Myself and Smear Blood on the Sheet': Testing Virginity in Medieval and Modern Romance - Amy Burge 2. Between Pleasure and Pain: The Textual Politics of the Hymen - Jodi McAlister Part II: Blood, Blood, Blood … and More Blood 3. The Politics of Virginity and Abstinence in the Twilight Saga - Jonathan A. Allan and Cristina Santos 4. Lady of Perpetual Virginity: Jessica's Presence in True Blood - Janice Zehentbauer and Cristina Santos Part III: Men Be Virgins Too: Queering Virginity 5. The Queer Saint: Male Virginity in Derek Jarman's Sebastiane - Kevin McGuiness 6. Troping Boyishness, Effeminacy, and Masculine Queer Virginity: Abdellah Taïa and Eyet-Chékib Djaziri - Gibson Ncube Part IV: F*ck: They Entrapped Us in Social Issues and Politics 7. Bollywood Virgins: Diachronic Flirtations With Indian Womanhood - Asma Sayed 8. The Policing of Viragos and Other 'Fuckable'' Bodies: Virginity as Performance in Latin America - Tracy Crowe Morey and Adriana Spahr.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 306.7; Virginity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786990372; 1786990377
• Related ISBNs: 9781786990358
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.