05222nam 2201213Ia 450 991078366590332120230207223820.097866123580981-4237-3146-81-282-35809-X0-520-93868-21-59875-808-X10.1525/9780520938687(CKB)1000000000246860(EBL)240970(OCoLC)475955490(SSID)ssj0000284901(PQKBManifestationID)11193809(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284901(PQKBWorkID)10262731(PQKB)11784418(MiAaPQ)EBC240970(OCoLC)62196238(MdBmJHUP)muse30421(WaSeSS)Ind00071740(DE-B1597)521055(DE-B1597)9780520938687(Au-PeEL)EBL240970(CaPaEBR)ebr10091262(CaONFJC)MIL235809(EXLCZ)99100000000024686020041214d2005 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe too-good wife[electronic resource] alcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan /Amy BorovoyBerkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (255 p.)Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ;6Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24451-6 0-520-24452-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Introduction: "Dirty Lukewarm Water" --1. Alcoholism and Codependency: New Vocabularies for Unspeakable Problems --2. Motherhood, Nurturance, and "Total Care" in Postwar National Ideology --3. Good Wives: Negotiating Marital Relationships --4. A Success Story --5. The Inescapable Discourse of Motherhood --Conclusion: The Home as a Feminist Dilemma --Notes --References --IndexSocial 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? The Too-Good Wife 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. Amy Borovoy deftly analyzes the dilemmas of being female in modern Japan and the grace with which women struggle within a system that supports wives and mothers but thwarts their attempts to find fulfillment outside the family. The central concerns of the book reach beyond the problem of alcoholism to examine the women's own processes of self-reflection and criticism and the deeper fissures and asymmetries that undergird Japanese productivity and social order.Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ;6.AlcoholicsJapanTokyoFamily relationshipsAlcoholics' spousesJapanTokyoParents of drug addictsJapanTokyoCodependencyJapanTokyoSocial work with womenJapanTokyoSex roleJapanTokyoWivesJapanTokyoalcohol.alcoholics.alcoholism.codependency.codependent relationships.cultural issues.destructive behavior.drunkenness.enabling.family life.family relationships.gender issues.gender norms.japan.japanese culture.japanese women.marriage.men and women.mental health issues.middle class.nurturance.politics of marriage.postwar japan.public life.sobriety.social drinking.social order.substance abuse.tokyo.wives and mothers.wives.womens roles.AlcoholicsFamily relationships.Alcoholics' spousesParents of drug addictsCodependencySocial work with womenSex roleWives362.29/13/0952135MS 3040rvkBorovoy Amy Beth1151516MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783665903321The too-good wife3783839UNINA