![]() ![]() A talented and empathetic writer, McAlister’s text serves as both an important contribution to the field, and a great introduction to anyone thinking about the construction of virginity for the first time. ‘ The Consummate Virgin is that rare thing in academic scholarship – a book that is not only intellectually vigorous, but also hugely accessible and well-written. Roach, New College, The University of Alabama, USA, and author of Happily Ever After: The Romance Story in Popular Culture (2016) Making brilliant and original use of virginity loss confessionals and romance novels, McAlister crafts a highly readable interdisciplinary tour-de-force, of equal relevance to cultural studies, history, and literary studies and mandatory insightful reading for the fast-growing field of critical love/popular romance studies.' 'This lively and clever book gave me a new concept: “compulsory demisexuality” as the governing law of romance for female sexual behavior. ![]()
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