Sworn virgins by Elvira Dones, Co-produced by RTSI Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana/ Dones Media LLC.
Why would a girl swear to stay a virgin? What kind of tradition sanctions this form of self-denial? In a mountainous area of Albania, an ancestral code of laws -- observed to this day -- placed women in the bottom rank of society. It dictates that "a woman is a sack, made to endure." A wom...
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| Online Access: | Streaming video from Academic Video Online |
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | Multiple |
| Published: | New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2008. |
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