{"product_id":"virgin-envy-jonathan-a-allan-9780889774230","title":"Virgin Envy: The Cultural (In)Significance of the Hymen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVirgin Envy\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to re-conceive the ways that we describe and relate to virginity as a cultural construct. Who is a virgin? How do we lose our virginities? What if we regret our \"first time\"?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors to \u003ci\u003eVirgin Envy\u003c\/i\u003e everything from medieval romance to Bollywood films to \u003ci\u003eTwilight \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An ambitious, wide-ranging, and eclectic collection.\" \u003c\/b\u003eCorrinne Harol, \u003ci\u003eEnlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan A. Allan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889774234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889774230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Regina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Jonathan A. Allan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065229816063,"sku":"9780889774230","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_399584f6-e921-4cab-ba6d-17c14102809e.jpg?v=1768673831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virgin-envy-jonathan-a-allan-9780889774230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}