The Too-Good Wife : Alcohol, Codependency, and the Politics of Nurturance in Postwar Japan
by
Amy Borovoy
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity
ISBN-10
0520244524
ISBN-13
9780520244528
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 29th, 2005
Print length
251 Pages
Weight
356 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Drug & substance abuse: social aspectsSociology: family & relationships
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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 they return home. This book follows 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.
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