State of virginity
Subtitle: gender, religion, and politics in an early modern Catholic state
By: Ulrike Strasser
Series: Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church -- History; Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines; Women in the Catholic Church -- Germany -- Munich -- History; Christianity and politics -- Germany -- Munich -- History; Marriage -- Germany -- Munich -- History; Catholic women -- Germany -- Munich -- Social conditions; Munich (Germany) -- Church history; Munich (Germany) -- Politics and government
Description: "Challenging Weberian concepts that link modernization to Protestantism, Strasser's study illustrates the modernizing power of Catholicism through an examination of virginity's central role in politics, culture, and society. Weaving together the stories of marriage and convent, of lay as well as religious women, State of Virginity makes important contributions to the historical study of sexuality and the growing feminist literature on the state. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of political and religious history, women's studies, and social history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index
Table of contents: title: Which public matters most? : rites of marriage formation; title: Nuns and whores : houses of women in the male public sphere; title: Pregnant bodies, personal purity, and public goods; title: Behind closed doors : the public dimensions of private acts; title: Public services and private lives : schooling women for society