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The objective of this dissertation is to analyze the perpetuation of the Golden Age sexual discourse in contemporary Spanish plays that reimagine the figure of Don Juan. In order to conduct this transhistorical study, the plays selected written during the Golden Age are El Burlador de Sevilla, by Tirso de Molina, and No Hay Cosa Como Callar, by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. The contemporary plays are Johnny Tenorio, by Carlos Morton, D.J., by Jeronimo Lopez Mozo, and d.juan@simetrico.es, by Jesus Campos Garcia.The theoretical frame used to study the perpetuation of sexual normativity follows the Bordieuan theories of different capitals; especifically, Catherine Hakim's concept of erotic capital is a key element used to understand the complex dynamics of sexual discourses through both historical periods.

Abstract: This manuscript traces the development of sexual abstinence and virginity as a commodity and describes how this development has contributed to modern conceptions of sexual abstinence. Within this analysis, the author provides what demographic and statistical information is available on abstinence practice in North America as well as outlines some of the perspectives critical of abstinence and abstinence-only sex education. More importantly, the author argues that within many Evangelical churches a defined social space—a sexual marketplace—exists where individual agents exchange and convert this commodity, among others, to attract potential marital partners. Furthermore, the manuscript outlines the effects and implications of this marketplace on its participants. The author derives these conclusions from the ethnographic observations and interviews he conducted while attending an urban Canadian Pentecostal Church.