The too-good wife : alcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan /
Borovoy, Amy Beth.
Berkeley : University of California Press,
c2005.
"A Philip E. Lilienthal Book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and index.
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: Impasses of Japanese feminism.
Alcoholics
Alcoholics' spouses
Parents of drug addicts
Codependency
Social work with women
Sex role
Wives