Eloquent Virgins

Eloquent Virgins
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9781137064516
ISBN-13 : 113706451X
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Book Synopsis Eloquent Virgins by : M. McInerney

Download or read book Eloquent Virgins written by M. McInerney and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-10-24 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tales of the virgin martyrs inevitably emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. To the modern reader, these popular texts seem like exercises in sadism, but while they could be made to function as vehicles for active misogyny, they also provided Medieval women such as Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc with role models who helped them to shape their own extraordinary destinies. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told.


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