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Author Borovoy, Amy Beth.

Title The too-good wife : alcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan / Amy Borovoy.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]
©2005
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Description 1 online resource (1 volume).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 6
Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 6.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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?
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Subject Alcoholics -- Family relationships -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Alcoholics -- Family relationships.
Japan -- Tokyo.
Alcoholics' spouses -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Alcoholics' spouses.
Parents of drug addicts -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Parents of drug addicts.
Codependency -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Codependency.
Social work with women -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Social work with women.
Sex role -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Sex role.
Wives -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Wives.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Gender roles.
Other Form: Print version: Borovoy, Amy Beth. Too-good wife. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005 0520244516 0520244524 (DLC) 2004029705 (OCoLC)57285881
ISBN 9780520938687 (electronic book)
0520938682 (electronic book)
1423731468 (electronic book)
9781423731467 (electronic book)
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9781598758085
0520244516
9780520244511
0520244524
9780520244528
128235809X
9781282358096

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