Intimate Disconnections Divorce and the Romance of Independence in Contemporary Japan

In many ways, divorce is a quintessentially personal decision-the choice to leave a marriage that causes harm or feels unfulfilling to the two people involved. But anyone who has gone through a divorce knows the additional public dimensions of breaking up, from intense shame and societal criticism t...

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Main Author: Alexy, Allison (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2020
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