Dialectics Of Virginity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table Of Contents 5
3. Editors’ Foreword 7
4. Framing Premodern Desires Between Sexuality, Sin, And Crime 9
5. Part I Transforming Ideas And Practices
6. The Naturalness Of Sex In Medieval Roman Law 29
7. Desire After Foucault 45
8. Incest Between In-Laws 65
9. Dialectics Of Virginity 83
10. The First Sexual Revolution 103
11. Part II Constructing Passions
12. Love And Desire In French Moralist Discourse 131
13. Between Books And Brothels 151
14. The Dream And The Sin 173
15. The Lame Man Makes The Best Lecher 189
16. Between Passion And Lust 211
17. Jonas Liliequist subtitle/>What happens between the covers: Writing premodern desire for audiences beyond academia 233
18. About The Authors 251
19. Index 255