Virgin Territory(English, Hardcover, Lillis Julia Kelto)

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Virgin Territory(English, Hardcover, Lillis Julia Kelto) is written by Lillis Julia Kelto and published by University of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520389018 (ISBN 10) and 9780520389014 (ISBN 13).

Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways. Eventually Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virginity as something that could be perceived in women's sex organs. Treating virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this change and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought, Virgin Territory illuminates unrecognized differences among early Christian sources and historicizes problematic ideas about women's bodies that still persist today.