Hanne Blank -

BLANK, HANNE

Virgin : the untouched history

New York : Bloomsbury 2007. 1st US Edition. Description: xi. 290 p. ; 25 cm. Contents: Virginology -- Like a virgin? -- The importance of being virgin -- Hymenology -- A desperate and conflicted search -- The virgin and the doctor -- The blank page -- Opening night -- Virgin culture -- In a certain way unbodily -- Heaven and earth -- To go where no man has gone before -- The erotic virgin -- The day virginity died? Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-274) and index. Subjects: Virginity --Social aspects. Summary: From the simple task of determining what constitutes its loss to why it matters to us in the first place. Blank gets to the heart of why we even care about it in the first place. She tackles the reality of what we do and don't know about virginity and provides a sweeping tour of virgins in history-from virgin martyrs to Queen Elizabeth to billboards in downtown Baltimore telling young women it's not a “dirty word. ” Virgin proves. as well. how utterly contemporary the topic is-the butt of innumerable jokes. center of spiritual mysteries. locus of teenage angst. popular genre for pornography and nucleus around which the world's most powerful government has created an unprecedented abstinence policy. In this fascinating work. Hanne Blank shows for the first time why this is. and why everything we think we know about virginity is wrong. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. 9781596910102. Weight in Kg appr.: 1

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Book number: 170845

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Keywords: 9781596910102