Intimate Japan : : Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict / / Allison Alexy, Emma E. Cook.

How do couples build intimacy in an era that valorizes independence and self-responsibility? How can a man be a good husband when full-time jobs are scarce? How can unmarried women find fulfillment and recognition outside of normative relationships? How can a person express their sexuality when ther...

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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press,, [2018]
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Year of Publication:2019
2018
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction. The Stakes of Intimacy in Contemporary Japan / Alexy, Allison
  • CHAPTER 2. Students Outside the Classroom / Kawahara, Yukari
  • CHAPTER 3. Resisting Intervention, (En)trusting My Partner / Sandberg, Shana Fruehan
  • CHAPTER 4. Romantic and Sexual Intimacy before and beyond Marriage / Dales, Laura / Yamamoto, Beverley Anne
  • CHAPTER 5. What Can Be Said? / Alexy, Allison
  • CHAPTER 6. My Husband Is a Good Man When He Doesn't Hit Me / Kuwajima, Kaoru
  • CHAPTER 7. Power, Intimacy, and Irregular Employment in Japan / Cook, Emma E.
  • CHAPTER 8. Manhood and the Burdens of Intimacy / Miles, Elizabeth
  • CHAPTER 9. Gender Identity, Desire, and Intimacy / Dale, S. P. F.
  • CHAPTER 10. Beyond Blood Ties / Goldfarb, Kathryn E.
  • CHAPTER 11. Making Ordinary, If Not Ideal, Intimate Relationships / Yamaura, Chigusa
  • CHAPTER 12. Connections, Conflicts, and Experiences of Intimacy in Japanese-Australian Families / Tahhan, Diana Adis
  • CHAPTER 13. Reflections on Fieldwork / Alexy, Allison / Cook, Emma E.
  • Contributors
  • Index