Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. Place, Distinctions, Identities 28
7. Chapter Two. Gender, Household, and Community 49
8. Chapter Three. Everyday Sociability as Gendered Practice 64
9. Chapter Four. Dancing Signs: Deciphering the Body in Wedding Celebrations 89
10. Chapter Five. The Orchestration of Association in Formal Evening Dances 134
11. Chapter Six. Male Prestige and the Eruption of Conflict 171
12. Chapter Seven. Ambivalent Pleasures: Dance as a Problem for Women 188
13. Chapter Eight. Aphrodite's Tables: Breakdown, Blame, and Female Sexuality 206
14. Chapter Nine. Because of the Dance 225
15. Works Cited 235
16. Index 245
17. Backmatter 253