Women and alcohol in social context : mother's ruin revisited /
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| Author / Creator: | Waterson, Jan, 1949- |
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| Imprint: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York, N.Y. [USA] : Palgrave, 2000. |
| Description: | xiii, 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4436462 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0333665899 0333665902 |