The book starts with an introductory chapter which explains the puzzle and the basic theoretical arguments. It also questions the bias in "Western" anthropological practices. Next it gives a section providing background information about the space: Wenzhou. Then each body chapter focuses on a group of actors, including for example christian bosses, females, and migrant workers. The conclusion reiterates the major arguments. The structure of the book, I think, is well presented. The main argument is to challenge the conventional idea that Christianity is an product imported and then planted over Chinese people. The way different groups are presented show how each of them contribute to the shaping of christian life in a "Wenzhou" way, at the same time presenting readers with hierarchical differences.
Each chapter in Animal Intimacies is an exploration of the lives of a different species of animal -- the sacrifice of goats, cows and Hindu nationalism, insider and outsider monkeys, pigs and conservation, and finally bears and “the intersection of queer desires.” The layout represents Govindrajan's methodology to learn about animals by spending time with them, as well as her response to multispecies ethnography which lose sight of "smallness and singularity."