Virgin Envy
The Cultural (In)Significance of the Hymen
by Jonathan A. Allan, Cristina Santos, Adriana Spahr
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Pub Date Nov 18 2016 | Archive Date Feb 28 2017
Description
Contributors to Virgin Envy everything from medieval romance to Bollywood films to Twilight and True Blood, to destabilize the many assumptions 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 ways 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.
"An ambitious, wide-ranging, and eclectic collection." Corrinne Harol, Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature
A Note From the Publisher
Virgin Envy is #2 in the U of R Press's new series "The Exquisite Corpse."
Relevant to anyone teaching YA lit or topics in pop culture, especially with its critiques of vampire lit and Bollywood.
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Relevant to anyone teaching YA lit or topics in pop culture, especially with its critiques of vampire lit and Bollywood.
Marketing Contact: Morgan Tunzelmann, morgan.tunzelmann@uregina.ca.
Distribution:
CANADA: UTP Distribution - Customer Service 1-800-565-9523
U.S.: Ingram - Customer Service 1-866-400-5351, Account No. S210
INTERNATIONAL: Gazelle Book Services - Customer Service +44 (0) 1524 528500
Advance Praise
Marketing Plan
Excerpt in Queer Deer Media, sent to all major gender, sexuality, and queer studies journals in the U.S. and Canada, advertising in the New Republic
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780889774230 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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