Virgin Envy
The Cultural (In)Significance of the Hymen
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2016
- Category
- Gender Studies, General
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- ISBN
- 9780889774247
- Publish Date
- Oct 2016
- List Price
- $17.99
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Description
Contributors to Virgin Envy examine everything from the medieval romance to Bollywood films to True Blood and Twilight, to destabilize the many "certainties" about sexual purity. In particular, the hymen is called into question. How is virginity determined for those without a hymen? How do we account for the way in which the "geography of the hymen" has changed over the course of history? And what about male and queer virginity? Issues of commodification, postcoloniality, and religious diversity are also addressed.
About the authors
Jonathan Allan is Canada Research Chair in Queer Theory and Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and English and Creative Writing at Brandon University. He is the author of Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus, the first book in the Exquisite Corpse series.
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Cristina Santos is Associate Professor at Brock University in St. Catherine's, Ontario.
Adriana Spahr is Associate Professor of Spanish at MacEwen University in Edmonton, Alberta