Chapters in this book

1. CONVULSING BODIES i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION. EMBODIED READING, OR THE MASKED PHILOSOPHER 1
4. CHAPTER 1. HUNTER OF THE SACRED 13
5. CHAPTER 2. THE DISMEMBERED ASSASSIN AND THE WELL-SCRUBBED DELINQUENTS 41
6. CHAPTER 3. THE BUFFOON-KING AND THE POSSESSED NUNS 63
7. CHAPTER 4. CHATTING GENITALS 93
8. CHAPTER 5. THE SOBBING MATRON AND THE LOQUACIOUS MONK 119
9. CHAPTER 6. THE ARTIST OF PLEASURES 143
10. CHAPTER 7. THE VIOLATED MOTHER AND THE NAKED PHILOSOPHER 169
11. CONCLUSION. EMBODIED WRITING, OR AMONG THE MOURNERS 193
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 201
13. NOTES 203
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 229
15. INDEX 239