The too-good wife alcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan
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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| Sprache: | eng |
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Berkeley u.a.
Univ. of California Press
2005
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| Schriftenreihe: | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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? |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xvii, 234 Seiten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0520244516 0-520-24451-6 0520244524 0-520-24452-4 |