Description: Meticulously researched and suffused with a wry sense of humor, VIRGIN is a marvelous historical and critical analysis of the extreme (and misguided) value society has placed on a woman's virginity. Hanne Blank skillfully teases out the ...
Synopsis Meticulously researched and suffused with a wry sense of humor, VIRGIN is a marvelous historical and critical analysis of the extreme (and misguided) value society has placed on a woman's virginity. Hanne Blank skillfully teases out the hidden nonsense in the myriad myths and ideas swirling around the vague state of virginity.
Details
Publication Date:
2007-03-20
Size
Length:
290 pages
Height:
7.5 in
Width:
6.3 in
Thickness:
1.0 in
Weight:
20.2 oz
Industry Reviews "Informative, funny, and provocative." (starred review) (01/15/2007)
"In an era marked by a 'chaotic maelstrom of virginities' [Hanne] Blank's book is a useful...antidote to our confusion." (03/25/2007)