The too-good wife: alcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan
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1. Verfasser: Borovoy, Amy Beth (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press ©2005
Schriftenreihe:Ethnographic studies in subjectivity 6
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Alcoholism and co-dependency -- Motherhood, nurturance, and "total care" in postwar national ideology -- Good wives -- A success story -- The inescapable discourse of motherhood -- Conclusion: Impasses of Japanese feminism
Social drinking is an accepted aspect of working life in Japan, and women are left to manage their drunken husbands when the men return home, restoring them to sobriety for the next day of work. In attempting to cope with their husbands' alcoholism, the women face a profound cultural dilemma: when does the nurturing behavior expected of a good wife and mother become part of a pattern of behavior that is actually destructive? How does the celebration of nurturance and dependency mask the exploitative aspects not just of family life but also of public life in Japan?
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (1 volume)
ISBN:0520244516
0520244524
0520938682
128235809X
1423731468
159875808X
9780520244511
9780520244528
9780520938687
9781282358096
9781423731467
9781598758085

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