Intimate Japan: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict

by Elizabeth A. Miles

Book Overview

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 there is no terminology that feels right? In contemporary Japan, broad social transformations are reflected and refracted in changing intimate relationships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824876687
• ISBN13: 9780824876685
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"