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The Disease of Virgins

2004 Anorexia nervosa
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Release : 2004
Genre : Anorexia nervosa
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Book Synopsis The Disease of Virgins by : Helen King

Download or read book The Disease of Virgins written by Helen King. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compelling study of the origins and history of the disease. Following the continuity of the disease from its classical roots up, this study questions the nature of the disease and the relationship between illness and body image.

The Disease of Virgins

2004-03-01 History
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Release : 2004-03-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Disease of Virgins by : Helen King

Download or read book The Disease of Virgins written by Helen King. This book was released on 2004-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an acclaimed author in the field, this is a compelling study of the origins and history of the disease commonly seen as afflicting young unmarried girls. Understanding of the condition turned puberty and virginity into medical conditions, and Helen King stresses the continuity of this disease through history,depsite enormous shifts in medical understanding and technonologies, and drawing parallels with the modern illness of anorexia. Examining its roots in the classical tradition all the way through to its extraordinary survival into the 1920s, this study asks a number of questions about the nature of the disease itself and the relationship between illness, body images and what we should call‘normal’ behaviour. This is a fascinating and clear account which will prove invaluable not just to students of classical studies, but will be of interest to medical professionals also.

The Disease of Virgins

2004-03 Education
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Release : 2004-03
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis The Disease of Virgins by : Helen King

Download or read book The Disease of Virgins written by Helen King. This book was released on 2004-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compelling study of the origins and history of the disease. Following the continuity of the disease from its classical roots up, this study questions the nature of the disease and the relationship between illness and body image.

Disease of Virgins

2001-10
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Release : 2001-10
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Book Synopsis Disease of Virgins by : KING H

Download or read book Disease of Virgins written by KING H. This book was released on 2001-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Virtually Virgins

2003 Social Science
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Release : 2003
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Virtually Virgins by : Jessica L. Gregg

Download or read book Virtually Virgins written by Jessica L. Gregg. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed, intimate portrait of a community of women living in a shantytown (favela) in northeastern Brazil, while exploring the complex interplay between gender, sexuality, power, and disease. It reveals how poor Brasileiras are constrained by dominant cultural constructions of female sexuality as a dangerous force that must be controlled by men; yet these women also manipulate these expectations by using their sexuality as a means to secure economic support from men. The book argues that these constructions affect their interpretations of medical discourse on the prevention of cervical cancer. Since women view sex as both a force they can't control and as a necessary tool for their survival, they choose to de-emphasize medical warnings against risky sexual behavior, with grave consequences for their health. The text is threaded with poignant, humorous, sometimes graphic, and always memorable depictions of the women’s lives in the shantytowns, making this serious anthropological study a highly readable one as well.

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