LEADER 04238nam 2200841Ia 450 001 9910810051703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612358098 010 $a1-4237-3146-8 010 $a1-282-35809-X 010 $a0-520-93868-2 010 $a1-59875-808-X 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520938687 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246860 035 $a(EBL)240970 035 $a(OCoLC)475955490 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284901 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193809 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284901 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262731 035 $a(PQKB)11784418 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC240970 035 $a(OCoLC)62196238 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30421 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071740 035 $a(DE-B1597)521055 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520938687 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL240970 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091262 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235809 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246860 100 $a20041214d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe too-good wife $ealcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan /$fAmy Borovoy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aEthnographic studies in subjectivity ;$v6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-24451-6 311 0 $a0-520-24452-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: "Dirty Lukewarm Water" --$t1. Alcoholism and Codependency: New Vocabularies for Unspeakable Problems --$t2. Motherhood, Nurturance, and "Total Care" in Postwar National Ideology --$t3. Good Wives: Negotiating Marital Relationships --$t4. A Success Story --$t5. The Inescapable Discourse of Motherhood --$tConclusion: The Home as a Feminist Dilemma --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aSocial drinking is an accepted aspect of working life in Japan, and women are left to manage their drunken husbands when the men return home, restoring them to sobriety for the next day of work. In attempting to cope with their husbands' alcoholism, the women face a profound cultural dilemma: when does the nurturing behavior expected of a good wife and mother become part of a pattern of behavior that is actually destructive? How does the celebration of nurturance and dependency mask the exploitative aspects not just of family life but also of public life in Japan? The Too-Good Wife follows the experiences of a group of middle-class women in Tokyo who participated in a weekly support meeting for families of substance abusers at a public mental-health clinic. Amy Borovoy deftly analyzes the dilemmas of being female in modern Japan and the grace with which women struggle within a system that supports wives and mothers but thwarts their attempts to find fulfillment outside the family. The central concerns of the book reach beyond the problem of alcoholism to examine the women's own processes of self-reflection and criticism and the deeper fissures and asymmetries that undergird Japanese productivity and social order. 410 0$aEthnographic studies in subjectivity ;$v6. 606 $aAlcoholics$zJapan$zTokyo$xFamily relationships 606 $aAlcoholics' spouses$zJapan$zTokyo 606 $aParents of drug addicts$zJapan$zTokyo 606 $aCodependency$zJapan$zTokyo 606 $aSocial work with women$zJapan$zTokyo 606 $aSex role$zJapan$zTokyo 606 $aWives$zJapan$zTokyo 615 0$aAlcoholics$xFamily relationships. 615 0$aAlcoholics' spouses 615 0$aParents of drug addicts 615 0$aCodependency 615 0$aSocial work with women 615 0$aSex role 615 0$aWives 676 $a362.29/13/0952135 686 $aMS 3040$2rvk 700 $aBorovoy$b Amy Beth$01151516 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810051703321 996 $aThe too-good wife$93967364 997 $aUNINA