The Virginity Trap in the Middle East [electronic resource] /
Ghanim, D.author.
This book is a social critique of the cultural taboo of the female virginity in the Middle East. It highlights the unobtainability of this cultural myth and its multilevel destructive influences on various aspects of social life.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Incarcerating Honor; CHAPTER 2 Virginity Cult; CHAPTER 3 Internalizing Shame; CHAPTER 4 Hymen Mystique; CHAPTER 5 Virginity Hypocrisy; CHAPTER 6 Virginity and Body Discourse; CHAPTER 7 Virginity and Body Mutilation; CHAPTER 8 Virginity and Asexuality; CHAPTER 9 Virginity and Premarital Intimacy; CHAPTER 10 Ritual of Defloration; CHAPTER 11 Rewarding Virginity; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is a social critique of the cultural taboo of the female virginity in the Middle East. It highlights the unobtainability of this cultural myth and its multilevel destructive influences on various aspects of social life.
Religion and sociology.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Culture—Study and teaching.
Political science.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Social Policy.
Gender Studies.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Political Science.