Naslov
Virginity Stories: From Virgin-Martyrs to virginal heroine in 19th Century Croatian Literature

Autori
Dubravka Dulibić-Paljar

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Skup
FEMINISMS IN A TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Disrupting Historicity

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 25.05.2015. - 29.05.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
žensko djevičanstvo; hrvatska književnost
(female virginity; Croatian Literature)

Sažetak
This presentation aims to explore female virginity by tracing its changes and modifications as well as by analyzing a variety of its successive forms and types through their typical and specifical manifestations. Precisely, it will trace different versions of female virginity, starting with the High Middle Ages and virgin martyrs legends, up until the creation of a figure of virginal female heroine in the late 19th century romantic novel. Therefore, the main intention of this presentation is to trace along the well known paths of studies on virginity topics, while putting the following question on agenda: How does virginity - as a changeable and socially constructed category rather than an anatomical category or the fact of intact body – in all those various situations, become capable to disrupt as well as confirm the culturally conventional gender roles and stable meanings of gender (femininity and masculinity)?

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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