Intimate Disconnections: Divorce and the Romance of Independence in Contemporary Japan
Intro -- Contents -- A Note on Names -- Introduction: Anxiety and Freedom -- Part I: The Beginning of the End -- 1, Japan's Intimate Political Economy -- 2. Two Tips to Avoid Divorce -- Part II: Legal Dissolutions -- 3. Constructing Mutuality -- 4. Families Together and Apart -- Part III Living as an X -- 5. The Costs of Divorce -- 6. Bonds of Disconnection -- Conclusion: Endings and New Beginnings -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Profile Summaries -- Appendix B: All Quotes in Original Japanese -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.