Celibacy in cross-cultural perspective：an overview / Sandra Bell，Elisa J. Sobo Private lives and public identities：an example of female celibacy in northwest India / Peter Phillimore The women who refuse to be exchanged：nuns in Zangskar，northwest India / Kim Gutschow The maintenance and reinforcement of celibacy in institutionalized settings / Hector N. Qirko The chaste adolescent / Alice Schlegel Virgins in the spirit：the celibacy of Shakers / Peter Collins Staying clean：notes on Mazatec ritual celibacy and sexual orientation / Michael Duke Can women be celibate? Sexuality and abstinence in Theravada Buddhism / Hiroko Kawanami Sexual fluids, emotions, morality：notes on the gendering of Brahmacharya / Meena Khandelwal Ritualizing celibacy：the poetics of inversion in Chile and Kenya / Mario I. Aguilar Like a natural woman：celibacy and the embodied self in anorexia nervosa / Rebecca J. Lester Cultural schemas of celibacy / Victor C. De Munck Celibacy in American prisons：legal and interpretive perspectives / Mark S. Fleisher，John R. Shaw A swallow in winter：a Catholic priesthood viewpoint / Paul Southgate
