Women and Alcohol in Social Context: Mother's Ruin Revisited

By Jan Waterson

Drinking alcohol can be immensely pleasurable and life-enhancing. On the other hand, it can be associated with danger and risk. This book explores some of the implications of this dichotomy, which creates many policy and practice dilemmas, by a detailed exploration of the place of drinking in women's lives. Interviews and case-studies show women's drinking practices to be constructive and autonomous responses to the social and material contexts of their lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333665902
• ISBN13: 9780333665909
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages