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Pure resistance : queer virginity in early modern English drama
- Title
- Pure resistance : queer virginity in early modern English drama / Theodora A. Jankowski.
- Author
- Jankowski, Theodora A., 1945-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2000], ©2000.
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- Description
- 283 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In Pure Resistance Theodora A. Jankowski surveys the history of virginity in Christian thought from ancient times through the Renaissance in terms of contemporary queer theory. The Pauline doctrine that virginity for both men and women is superior to marriage remained strong in Augustine - who believed that consecrated virgins were "a greater blessing" than the married - and became a cornerstone of Roman Catholic theology.
- Even the current edition of the New Catholic Encyclopedia privileges the state of virginity because it has as its object a superior good." "The author's claims regarding the queerness of virginity necessarily challenge the prevailing belief that the Protestant Reformation ushered in more enlightened attitudes toward women. Indeed, when considered from a queer perspective, the Protestant notion of companionate marriage proved to be far more confining to women than what had come before."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- New cultural studies
- Uniform Title
- New cultural studies.
- Subjects
- Women and literature > England > History > 16th century
- Lesbianism in literature
- Marriage customs and rites > England > History > 16th century
- Virginity in literature
- Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > 16th century
- Women in literature
- Marriage customs and rites in literature
- Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 16th century
- Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603 > Influence
- English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-273) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Queer(y)ing Virginity: Virgins, Lesbians, and Queers of All Types -- Pt. I. Virginity in Christian Doctrine. 2. The Roman Catholic Discourse. 3. The Protestant Discourse -- Pt. II. Virgins in Early Modern Drama. 4. Queer: The Desired Trajectory from Virgin to Wife. 5. Queerer: Questioning the Necessity of Patriarchally Mandated Marriage. 6. Queerest: Repudiating Marriage and the Patriarchal Sexual Economy. Coda: Elizabeth.
- ISBN
- 0812235525 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 99089833
- OCLC
- ocm43083488
- SCSB-3885285
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries