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

Autori
Dulibić-Paljar, Dubravka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Disrupting Historicity, Reclaiming the Future

Urednik/ci
Carotenuto, Silavna ; Gabrielli, Francesca Maria ; Jambrešić Kirin, Renata

Izdavač
UniorPress

Grad
Napulj

Godina
2019

Raspon stranica
73-97

ISBN
978-953-8089-29-9

Ključne riječi
female virginity, virgin martyrs legends, pastoral drama, Croatian Literature

Sažetak
This paper 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 paper 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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