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Amy Borovoy The Too-Good Wife (Paperback) Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity
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- Book Title
- The Too-Good Wife
- Title
- The Too-Good Wife
- Subtitle
- Alcohol, Codependency, and the Politics of Nurturance in Postwar
- ISBN-10
- 0520244524
- EAN
- 9780520244528
- ISBN
- 9780520244528
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Subject
- Social Work, Codependency, Parenting / General, Gender Studies, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Marriage & Family
- Release Year
- 2005
- Release Date
- 12/29/2005
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Subject Area
- Self-Help, Family & Relationships, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Too-Good Wife : Alcohol, Codependency, and the Politics of Nurturance in Postwar Japan
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Series
- Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 251 Pages
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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?The Too-Good Wifefollows the experiences of a group of middle-class women in Tokyo who participated in a weekly support meeting for families of substance abusers at a public mental-health clinic. Amy Borovoy deftly analyzes the dilemmas of being female in modern Japan and the grace with which women struggle within a system that supports wives and mothers but thwarts their attempts to find fulfillment outside the family. The central concerns of the book reach beyond the problem of alcoholism to examine the women's own processes of self-reflection and criticism and the deeper fissures and asymmetries that undergird Japanese productivity and social order.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520244524
ISBN-13
9780520244528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44468609
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Too-Good Wife : Alcohol, Codependency, and the Politics of Nurturance in Postwar Japan
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Subject
Social Work, Codependency, Parenting / General, Gender Studies, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Series
Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity Ser.
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Self-Help, Family & Relationships, Social Science
Number of Pages
251 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2004-029705
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series Volume Number
6
LeafCats
378
Lc Classification Number
2004029705
Table of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: "Dirty Lukewarm Water" 1. Alcoholism and Codependency: New Vocabularies for Unspeakable Problems 2. Motherhood, Nurturance, and "Total Care" in Postwar National Ideology 3. Good Wives: Negotiating Marital Relationships 4. A Success Story 5. The Inescapable Discourse of Motherhood Conclusion: The Home as a Feminist Dilemma Notes References Index
Copyright Date
2006
Dewey Decimal
670.427
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