英語/民族学「The Too‐Good Wife出来すぎた妻: Alcohol, Codependency, and the Politics of Nurturance in Postwar Japan (Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity)」Amy Borovoy著 University of California Press 2005年発行 252頁 0.36㎏

【目次】 Introduction: Dirty Lukewarm Water 1／Alcoholism and Codependency New Vocabularies for Unspeakable Problems 42／Motherhood Nurturance and Total Care in Postwar National Ideology 67／Good Wives Negotiating Marital Relationships 86／A Success Story 115／The Inescapable Discourse of Motherhood 137／The Home as a Feminist Dilemma 161／Notes 177／References 201／Index 219

【表紙より内容紹介】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? 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.

【著者について】Amy Borovoy is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.

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