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Virgin : the untouched history

A provocative social history examines the history of virginity and of noted virgins in Western culture, describing the unique fascination civilization has had for virginity from a social, political, economic, philosophical, medical, and legal standpoint
eBook, English, 2007
1st U.S. ed View all formats and editions
Bloomsbury USA : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, New York, 2007
History
1 online resource (xi, 290 pages)
9781596917194, 1596917199
647372948
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?
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010