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Searching for a feeling once felt: narratives of alcohol and health among Japanese immigrants in Hawaiʻi.
- Source :
- Anthropology & Medicine; Sep2020, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p300-314, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper discusses notions of health in alcohol use among new Japanese immigrants in a Japanese pub in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Japanese-style pubs are a space mediating sociability and subjective health through alcohol consumption, a symbol of good health. In the context of the pub, Japanese immigrants form strong intragroup bonds reinforcing a therapeutic narrative; the sensory experience created through social drinking offers a method of resolving stress, validating affect, and positively shaping well-being. However, positive health outcomes are stratified by social position, gender, and cultural capital, leading to negative health experiences for staff and the marginalization of problems. Therapeutic potential is embedded in a commercial space and regularly available to affluent clients. Health becomes a plural, contradictory concept tied to the body, biomedicine, and economy. This paper contributes towards broader understandings of the intricacies of substance use and the production of health knowledge and lacunae within transcultural contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of psychological stress
AFFECT (Psychology)
ALCOHOL drinking
EMOTIONS
HEALTH attitudes
HELP-seeking behavior
IMMIGRANTS
INTERPERSONAL relations
CULTURAL pluralism
SALES personnel
SEX distribution
SOCIAL classes
SOCIAL participation
SOCIALIZATION
SUBSTANCE abuse
WELL-being
HEALTH literacy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13648470
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Anthropology & Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144953131
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2020.1730302