Ch. 1. On the anthropologist and her subject -- Ch. 2. Japan and the Ama -- Ch. 3. Kuzaki : making place and identity -- Ch. 4. Organizing the village : Dokyusei, the Kumi-ai, and the Nifune Festival -- Ch. 5. Keeping the Ie afloat : part 1 : diving and women's rituals -- Ch. 6. Keeping the Ie afloat : part 2 : fishing, tourism, and New Year's rituals -- Ch. 7. Elders and ancestors : making and becoming -- Ch. 8. Ritual, gender, and identity