| Inside the American Couple |
| Contents |
| Acknowledgments |
 | Introduction |
| 1. Biblical Models |
| 2. Dearest Friend |
| 3. “The Thing Bartered” |
| 4. “Boston Marriage” among Lesbians |
| 5. “You'll Never Walk Alone” |
| 6. The Couple at Home |
| 7. When One of Us Is Ill |
| 8. Wives and Husbands Working Together |
| 9. Grounds for Marriage |
| 10. Divorce, American Style |
| 11. What's a Wife Worth? |
 | 12. Toward an Understanding of Asian American Interracial Marriage and Dating |
| • | WHO ARE ASIAN AMERICANS? |
| • | ASIAN AMERICAN INTERRACIAL COUPLING |
| • | POPULAR THEORIES REGARDING ASIAN AMERICAN INTERRACIAL COUPLING |
| • | RETHINKING ASIAN AMERICAN INTERRACIAL COUPLING |
| • | SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF BEING “INTERRACIAL” AND/OR “INTERCULTURAL” |
| INTERACTION BETWEEN CULTURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL |
| • | THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF CULTURE AND RELATIONSHIPS |
| • | FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS |
| • | A FINAL CAVEAT |
| • | CONCLUSION |
| • | NOTES |
| • | REFERENCES |
| 13. Arranged Marriages |
| 14. Marriage in Old Age |
| Contributors |
| Index |