Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface: Why a Book about a Bedtrick? xiii
4. Acknowledgments xxix
5. Introduction: Sex, Text, and Masquerade 1
6. ONE: How to Commit Adultery with Your Own Spouse 13
7. Approach One: Philosophy, or Love/Sex = Mind/Body? 56
8. TWO: The Rape of the False Mother 69
9. Approach Two: Psychology 91
10. THREE: Waking Up in Bed with an Animal 105
11. Approach Three: Zoology 129
12. FOUR: The Lovely/Loathly Lady 140
13. Approach Four: Feminism, or Women Are Good to Think With 187
14. FIVE: The Cuckolds of the Heart 205
15. Approach Five: Theology, or When God Has Lipstick on His Collar 228
16. SIX: Designated Hitters 237
17. Approach Six: Law, or Loopholes in the Penal Code 284
18. SEVEN: Color, Class, and Clout 292
19. Approach Seven: Weapons of the Weak 329
20. EIGHT: Cross-Cultural Cross-Dressing 335
21. Approach Eight: Queer Theory and the Theater of Deception 376
22. NINE: Incest 383
23. Approach Nine: Sexual Rhetoric 396
24. TEN: Real Sex and Fantastic Sex 412
25. Approach Ten: Structuralism 466
26. Conclusion: Carnal Ignorance and Carnal Knowledge 475
27. Appendix: Bedtricks in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index 493 493
28. Notes 497
29. Bibliography 535
30. Filmography: Double Features: Bedtricks (and Related Plots) on Film 567
31. Index and Glossary 577