Intimate Encounters

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Intimate Encounters is written by Lieba Faier and published by Univ of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520252144 (ISBN 10) and 9780520252141 (ISBN 13).

Lieba Faier investigates the processes by which Filipina women who emigrated to work in rural Japan in hostess bars have overcome initial hostilities to become regarded as 'ideal, traditional Japanese brides'. 'Intimate Encounters' shows how changes to culture & identity come about through ordinary interpersonal exchanges.