The too-good wife : alcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan / Amy Borovoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borovoy, Amy Beth.

Series:

Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 6.

Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholics--Family relationships--Japan--Tokyo.

Alcoholics.

Alcoholics--Family relationships.

Wives.

Sex role.

Social work with women.

Codependency.

Parents of drug addicts.

Alcoholics' spouses.

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.

Physical Description:

xvii, 234 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]

Summary:

"Amy Borovoy has beautifully portrayed the dilemmas of being female in modern Japan, and the nuanced grace with which these women manage their particular difficulties. She has created an indelible portrait of the way women struggle with the eternal questions of being mothers and wives, in particularly Japanese ways, and the ways in which they reflect upon and manage their lives. It is a remarkable book."--Tanya Luhrmann, Max Palevsky Professor in the Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago

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.

Notes:

"Philip E. Lilienthal book"----Initial p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index.

ISBN:

0520244516

0520244524

OCLC:

57285881