Description: Further DetailsTitle: Virtually VirginsCondition: NewSubtitle: Sexual Strategies and Cervical Cancer in Recife, BrazilAuthor: Jessica L. GreggFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0804747563EAN: 9780804747561ISBN: 9780804747561Publisher: Stanford University PressGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & Relationships, MedicineRelease Date: 04/22/2003Description: This book provides a detailed, intimate portrait of a community of women living in a shantytown (favela) in northeastern Brazil, while exploring the complex interplay between gender, sexuality, power, and disease. It reveals how poor Brasileiras are constrained by dominant cultural constructions of female sexuality as a dangerous force that must be controlled by men; yet these women also manipulate these expectations by using their sexuality as a means to secure economic support from men. The book argues that these constructions affect their interpretations of medical discourse on the prevention of cervical cancer. Since women view sex as both a force they can't control and as a necessary tool for their survival, they choose to de-emphasize medical warnings against risky sexual behavior, with grave consequences for their health. The text is threaded with poignant, humorous, sometimes graphic, and always memorable depictions of the women’s lives in the shantytowns, making this serious anthropological study a highly readable one as well. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 327gRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Virtually Virgins
Title: Virtually Virgins
Subtitle: Sexual Strategies and Cervical Cancer in Recife, Brazil
ISBN-10: 0804747563
EAN: 9780804747561
ISBN: 9780804747561
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Medicine
Release Date: 04/22/2003
Release Year: 2003
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Virtually Virgins : Sexual Strategies and Cervical Cancer in Recife, Brazil
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Subject: Sociology / General, Oncology, Women's Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Medical
Author: Jessica L. Gregg
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
