Celibacy, culture, and society  the anthropology of sexual abstinence. 

 - X, 274 p. 
<br/><br/> Cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as Kenyan villagers and US prisoners, Mazatec Shamans and Buddhist nuns and monks, Shaker church members and anorexic women. (Book jacket) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-299-17160-4  hardback 0-299-17164-7  paperback 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>#BIBC:ruil<mono2003><br/>Celibacy<br/>Sexual abstinence