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A return to modesty : discovering the lost virtue / Wendy Shalit.

Author: Shalit, Wendy, 1975-

Imprint:New York, NY : Free Press, c1999.

Description291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:pt. 1. The Problem. 1. The War on Embarrassment. 2. Postmodern Sexual Etiquette, from Hook-up to Checkup. 3. The Fallout. 4. New Perversions -- pt. 2. The Forgotten Ideal. 5. Forgiving Modesty. 6. The Great Deception. 7. Can Modesty Be Natural? 8. Male Character -- pt. 3. The Return. 9. Against the Curing of Womanhood. 10. Modesty and the Erotic. 11. Pining for Interference. 12. Beyond Modernity -- A Modest Conclusion: Innocence -- App. Some Modest Advice.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-278) and index.



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