Author

Publication

2001-01-06 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

59,750 words, Guess

Page Count

239 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL10554228M
  • ISBN-139780333665893
  • ISBN-100333665899
  • OCLC Control Number44045723
  • Library of Congress Control Number00034785
and 2 more
  • Goodreads3340973
  • LibraryThing6655565

Classifications

  • LCCHV5137 .W38 2000

Description

"The place of drinking in women's lives is explored by contrasting the lives of thirty professional women with those of thirty non-professional women. This demonstrates that social advantage provides increased access to the enjoyments associated with alcohol use but is not necessarily a protection against the risks. Different employment and social contact patterns are reflected in drinking styles. Drinking to 'drown sorrows' may be a folk idea but there is some truth in it, as some women try to cope with profound feelings of having failed as women, either as partners or as mothers. Two case-studies of women with identified drinking problems continue this theme of drinking as a constructive response to their differing social and material situations."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Women and Alcohol in Social ContextHardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2001-01-06

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