By placing the global and the intimate in near relation the contributors explore transnational relations, economic development and intercultural exchange. The essays are divided in four sections: 1. The Anatomy of Intimacy: Bodies, Feelings, and the Everyday: 2. Memory, History, Community: Personal Narrative in a Transnational Frame: Legislating Intimacy: Women's Work, State Control, and the Politics of Reputation: 4. Global Feminism and the Subjects of Knowledge.