The Too-Good Wife: Alcohol, Codependency, and the Politics of Nurturance in Postwar Japan Volume 6

by Amy Borovoy

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520244524
• ISBN13: 9780520244528
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"