Note on Names and Terms

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Names and Terms xi
5. One. Introduction 1
6. Part One. Girls and Virgins
7. Two. Same-Sex Love 23
8. Three. Yoshiya Nobuko and the Romance of Sisterhood 34
9. Part Two. The Wife’s Progress
10. Four. Love Marriage Ideology 65
11. Five. Miyamoto Yuriko and the Nobuko Narratives 79
12. Part Three. Reinventing Motherhood
13. Six. Maternal Love 107
14. Seven. Okamoto Kanoko and the Mythic Mother 118
15. Conclusion 147
16. Notes 153
17. Bibliography 197
18. Index 217