The consummate virgin : female virginity loss and love in anglophone popular literatures / Jodi McAlister.

'This lively and clever book gave me a new concept: "compulsory demisexuality" as the governing law of romance for female sexual behavior. Making brilliant and original use of virginity loss confessionals and romance novels, McAlister crafts a highly readable interdisciplinary tour-de...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	McAlister, Jodi (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Subjects:	Virginity in literature. Women in literature. English literature > History and criticism. English literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.