The Too-Good Wife : Alcohol, Codependency, and the Politics of Nurturance in Postwar Japan /

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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: w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Borovoy, Amy Beth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Frau
Frauenbild
Koabhängigkeit
Geschlechterrolle
Alkoholismus
Wives.
Social work with women.
Sex role.
Parents of drug addicts.
Codependency.
Alcoholics' spouses.
Alcoholics > Family relationships.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Addiction.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > General.
Wives > Japan > Tokyo.
Sex role > Japan > Tokyo.
Social work with women > Japan > Tokyo.
Codependency > Japan > Tokyo.
Parents of drug addicts > Japan > Tokyo.
Alcoholics' spouses > Japan > Tokyo.
Alcoholics > Family relationships > Japan > Tokyo.
Japan
Japan > Tokyo.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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