Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Excess, a History 1
4. 1. Origins: Philology and the Study of Indian Sex Life 23
5. 2. Repetition: Law and the Sociology of Deviant Female Sexuality 62
6. 3. Circularity: Forensics, Abortion, and the Evidence of Deviant Female Sexuality 99
7. 4. Evolution: Ethnology and the Primitivity of Deviant Female Sexuality 133
8. 5. Veracity: Life Stories and the Revelation of Social Life 176
9. Afterword 203
10. Acknowledgments 209
11. Notes 215
12. Bibliography 255
13. Image Credits 277
14. Index 279
15. A Note on the Type 291