ISBN:
0520244516
,
0520244524
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 234 Seiten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Ethnographic studies in subjectivity 6
Series Statement:
Ethnographic studies in subjectivity
DDC:
362.29130952135
Keywords:
Alcoholics Family relationships
;
Japan
;
Tokyo
;
Alcoholics' spouses Japan
;
Tokyo
;
Parents of drug addicts Japan
;
Tokyo
;
Codependency Japan
;
Tokyo
;
Social work with women Japan
;
Tokyo
;
Sex role Japan
;
Tokyo
;
Wives Japan
;
Tokyo
;
Japan
;
Alkoholismus
;
Frau
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Geschichte 1950-2000
;
Japan
;
Alkoholismus
;
Frau
;
Koabhängigkeit
;
Geschichte 1950-2000
;
Japan
;
Alkoholismus
;
Frauenbild
;
Koabhängigkeit
;
Geschichte 1950-2000
;
Japan
;
Alkoholismus
;
Frau
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Koabhängigkeit
;
Geschichte 1950-2000
Abstract:
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?
Description / Table of 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and index
URL:
Contributor biographical information
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004029705.html
