Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-274) and index.
Contents
Extra virgin : a note to readers -- pt. 1. Virginology -- 1. Like a virgin? -- 2. The importance of being virgin -- 3. Hymenology -- 4. A desperate and conflicted search -- 5. The virgin and the doctor -- 6. The blank page -- 7. Opening night -- pt. 2. Virgin culture -- 8. In a certain way unbodily -- 9. Heaven and earth -- 10. To go where no man has gone before -- 11. The erotic virgin -- 12. The day virginity died? -- Epilogue : The once and future virgin -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.