Intimate Japan Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict

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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Otros Autores: Alexy, Allison (-), Alexy, Allison, editor (editor), Cook, Emma E., Cook, Emma E., editor, Dale, S. P. F., Dales, Laura, Goldfarb, Kathryn E., Kawahara, Yukari, Kuwajima, Kaoru, Miles, Elizabeth, Sandberg, Shana Fruehan, Tahhan, Diana Adis, Yamamoto, Beverley Anne, Yamaura, Chigusa
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press [2018]
Colección:De Gruyter Open Access ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43314089*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction. The Stakes of Intimacy in Contemporary Japan
  • CHAPTER 2. Students Outside the Classroom
  • CHAPTER 3. Resisting Intervention, (En)trusting My Partner
  • CHAPTER 4. Romantic and Sexual Intimacy before and beyond Marriage
  • CHAPTER 5. What Can Be Said?
  • CHAPTER 6. My Husband Is a Good Man When He Doesn't Hit Me
  • CHAPTER 7. Power, Intimacy, and Irregular Employment in Japan
  • CHAPTER 8. Manhood and the Burdens of Intimacy
  • CHAPTER 9. Gender Identity, Desire, and Intimacy
  • CHAPTER 10. Beyond Blood Ties
  • CHAPTER 11. Making Ordinary, If Not Ideal, Intimate Relationships
  • CHAPTER 12. Connections, Conflicts, and Experiences of Intimacy in Japanese-Australian Families
  • CHAPTER 13. Reflections on Fieldwork
  • Contributors
  • Index.