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