Virgin : the untouched history / Hanne Blank.
Virgin : the untouched history / Hanne Blank.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
N306.4/ 112
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Language
English
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Physical content
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 vi...
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury, 2007.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"In this social history, historian Hanne Blank illuminates the history of virginity in Western culture. How did virginity come to mean so much to our culture, and have so much power in our individual lives? Blank probes the shape and scope of the question, analyzing attempts to find out what constitutes virginity's loss (a task that only seems simp...
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Virgin : the untouched history / Hanne Blank.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
N306.4/ 112
Record Identifier
74VKOy6r8J23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOy6r8J23
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ISBN
9781596910102
1596910100
DDC
306.4
MMS ID
991022634619702626
