Introduction, or Dark Matter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction, or Dark Matter 1
4. 1. Tongues Untied: Confession and Its Secrets 12
5. 2. Tongues Wagging: Gossip, Women, and Indiscreet Secrets 56
6. 3. Men's Ways of Knowing: The Secret of Secrets and the Secrets of Women 93
7. 4. Covert Women and Their Mysteries 135
8. 5. Sodomy and Other Female Perversions 177
9. Notes 229
10. Bibliography 273
11. Index 287
12. Acknowledgments 291