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Part 1: “She Makes an Errant Path Through the City”

Part 1, Chapters 1-4

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Part 1, Chapters 5-8

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Part 2: “The Sexual Geography of the Black Belt”

Part 2, Chapters 9-12

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Part 3: “Beautiful Experiments”

Part 3, Chapters 13-16

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Part 3, Chapters 17-20

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