TY - BOOK ID - 80837983 TI - Virgin envy AU - Santos, Cristina AU - Spahr, Adriana AU - Allan, Jonathan A PY - 2016 SN - 0889774242 9780889774254 0889774250 0889774234 9780889774230 9780889774247 PB - Regina, Saskatchewan DB - UniCat KW - Virginity KW - Virginity in literature. KW - Virginity in motion pictures. KW - Hymen (Gynecology) KW - Motion pictures KW - Sexual abstinence KW - Defloration KW - First sexual experiences KW - Vagina KW - Social aspects. KW - Political aspects. KW - History. KW - first time. KW - sexuality. KW - virgin. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80837983 AB - "Virgin Envy sets out to reconceive the ways we relate to virginity as a cultural construct. Who is a virgin? How do we lose our virginities? What if we regret our "first time"? 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 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."-- ER -