Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. CHAPTER 1. Introduction. The Stakes of Intimacy in Contemporary Japan 1
5. CHAPTER 2. Students Outside the Classroom 35
6. CHAPTER 3. Resisting Intervention, (En)trusting My Partner 54
7. CHAPTER 4. Romantic and Sexual Intimacy before and beyond Marriage 73
8. CHAPTER 5. What Can Be Said? 91
9. CHAPTER 6. My Husband Is a Good Man When He Doesn’t Hit Me 112
10. CHAPTER 7. Power, Intimacy, and Irregular Employment in Japan 129
11. CHAPTER 8. Manhood and the Burdens of Intimacy 148
12. CHAPTER 9. Gender Identity, Desire, and Intimacy 164
13. CHAPTER 10. Beyond Blood Ties 181
14. CHAPTER 11. Making Ordinary, If Not Ideal, Intimate Relationships 199
15. CHAPTER 12. Connections, Conflicts, and Experiences of Intimacy in Japanese-Australian Families 219
16. CHAPTER 13. Reflections on Fieldwork 236
17. Contributors 261
18. Index 265