9780312211363-0312211368-Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)

Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)

ISBN-13: 9780312211363
ISBN-10: 0312211368
Edition: 1999
Author: Cindy L. Carlson, Angela Jane Weisl
Publication date: 2000
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 279 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780312211363
ISBN-10: 0312211368
Edition: 1999
Author: Cindy L. Carlson, Angela Jane Weisl
Publication date: 2000
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 279 pages

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Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages) (ISBN-13: 9780312211363 and ISBN-10: 0312211368), written by authors Cindy L. Carlson, Angela Jane Weisl, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2000. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Clinical Psychology (Psychology, Women Writers, Women's Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Clinical Psychology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.55.

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To be a virgin or a widow never promised a stable, uniform status to a woman during the Middle Ages. Rather, these positions were areas open to debate, constructions that did and still do create and question notions of gender roles, areas of power, and areas of disability. Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages addresses many facets of these two female positions in medieval literature: gender constructions; the body and what it means to make it visible, whether in admiration, torture, or martyrdom; issues of physicality and abjection; creations of literary voice for women who write or create situations for them to be written about. A distinguished group of female scholars examine the meanings behind widowhood and virginity both individually and in relation to each other. The focus on both positions in the same volume makes Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages an unprecedented work.
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