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Looking beyond the mask : when American women marry Japanese men / Nancy Brown Diggs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diggs, Nancy Brown.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interracial marriage--United States.
- Interracial marriage.
- Japanese Americans.
- Marriage customs and rites.
- Men.
- Women, White.
- United States.
- Interracial marriage--Japan.
- Women, White--United States--Attitudes.
- Men--Japan--Attitudes.
- Japanese Americans--Marriage customs and rites.
- Japanese American families.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 231 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Part I Beginnings
- 1. Love Stories 7
- 2. In-Laws 25
- Part II Culture Shock
- 3. Customs and Manners 45
- 4. Values 61
- 5. Living Conditions 75
- 6. Medical Matters 89
- 7. Religion 99
- 8. Communication 113
- 9. Sex and Gender 125
- Part III Children
- 10. Mother's Role 143
- 11. Being Different 155
- Part IV Meeting the Challenge
- 12. What It Takes 171
- 13. Can We Go Home Again? 185
- 14. The Gains 193
- 15. Looking Ahead 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791450708
- 0791450694
- OCLC:
- 45437365
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