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The Incorporated Wife (Hardcover)
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The Incorporated Wife (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Work
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Originally published in 1984, this book touches the private lives
and professional responsibilities of men and women, as it
illustrates the comic as well as serious effects of the
'incorporation' of wives into some important State and commercial
institutions. Beyond their domestic functions, wives have, in
particular ways, been valuable props to many a husband's career and
many an employer's and the nation's interests. For example, the
Army, civil administrations at home and overseas, and the police
have, without questioning, depended on the services of wives -
given silently, willingly or unwillingly. Yet the nature of the
relationship of these 'incorporated' wives to the objectives of
such institutions has, until recently, been largely unregistered in
practice, unrecorded in social and historical accounts and
unstudied by analysts. This book provides a wealth of ethnographic
material. Personal anecdotes and scholarly interpretations throw
light on the conceptual systems underlying the workings and
cultures of institutions, as well as the construction of
identities. Many will find their experiences echoed here. The
issues raised are important not only for individual men and women,
for whom such 'incorporation' may provide advantages as well as
constraints, but because of the bearing they have on our
understanding of marriage, especially since we cannot be sure this
will continue in its present mode or as the dominant form of
conjugal union. As more married women assume greater
responsibilities at work, will their husbands give the same support
to their wives and those who employ them as they themselves
received? Further, it seems likely that wives may become less
willing than in the past to render their services unacknowledged -
indeed this trend is already apparent. We may ask, then, 'who will
fill the gaps?', and 'how will institutions change?'. The
historical and contemporary studies here provide some base data and
some theoretical approaches necessary for any who may wish to
consider what will become increasingly acute practical questions.
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