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Narratives of alcohol and health among Japanese immigrants in Hawaiʻi

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2171541
AutoresC Chapman (0000-0002-9115-3496, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen27
Número3
Páginas300-314
Fecha de publicación2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropology and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1364-8470 • E-ISSN: 1469-2910
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13648470.2020.1730302
PMID32597683
OpenAlexW3037938498
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas41

This paper discusses notions of health in alcohol use among new Japanese immigrants in a Japanese pub in Honolulu, Hawai'i. 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

Feeling · Geography · Immigration · Narrative · Political science · Situational ethics · Sociology · Communication · Gender Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology