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Hallberg, Lillian Mae.

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Rhetorical dimensions of institutional language: A case study of women alcoholics.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Rhetorical dimensions of institutional language: A case study of women alcoholics./
Author:	Hallberg, Lillian Mae.
Description:	179 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-04, Section: A, page: 1113.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International50-04A.
Subject:	Women's Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8913180

Rhetorical dimensions of institutional language: A case study of women alcoholics.
Hallberg, Lillian Mae.

Rhetorical dimensions of institutional language: A case study of women alcoholics. - 179 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-04, Section: A, page: 1113.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Iowa, 1988.

Alcohol abuse has been an issue of concern in the United States since colonial times. Recognition of excessive alcohol consumption as a threat to social order has remained constant, but the conceptualization of the excessive drinker and what constitutes effective methods of restraining alcohol abuse have varied. The focus of attention has shifted from 'drunkard' as moral agent deserving of punishment, to 'alcoholic' as suffering from a progressive illness, including a compulsion to drink, deserving of help. While the rhetoric has evolved from 'drunkard' to 'alcoholic', the interplay between institutionalized language of the church, the law, and medicine, has acted as a constraint upon the successful rehabilitation of the alcohol abuser.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Women's Studies.

Rhetorical dimensions of institutional language: A case study of women alcoholics.
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520 $a Alcohol abuse has been an issue of concern in the United States since colonial times. Recognition of excessive alcohol consumption as a threat to social order has remained constant, but the conceptualization of the excessive drinker and what constitutes effective methods of restraining alcohol abuse have varied. The focus of attention has shifted from 'drunkard' as moral agent deserving of punishment, to 'alcoholic' as suffering from a progressive illness, including a compulsion to drink, deserving of help. While the rhetoric has evolved from 'drunkard' to 'alcoholic', the interplay between institutionalized language of the church, the law, and medicine, has acted as a constraint upon the successful rehabilitation of the alcohol abuser.
520 $a Throughout history alcoholism has been perceived as man's problem. Texts are replete with references to the male alcoholic, his problems and attempts to motivate his recovery. The female on the other hand, is predominantly cast in opposition to alcohol, i.e., women's role in the temperance movement. During the early nineteenth-century, as the United States shifted from a mercantile to an industrial economy, man moved into the public sphere, while woman remained in the domestic sphere as caretaker of the household and family. She became the protector of the nation's virtue. As the image of moral-woman grew and perpetuated itself, a double standard developed concerning alcoholism. While society could forgive male drunkenness, the female's drunkenness was condemned not only as a behavior, but as a sin against her gender. Public, as well as institutional language, was silent concerning the female alcoholic. Discourse surrounding the temperance movement and various reform movements identified male alcoholics as subjects of concern. There was no mention of female alcoholics. This silence served to isolate the female alcoholic and deny her ready access to resources for recovery.
520 $a Alcoholics Anonymous was founded as a program developed for male alcoholics. Early female members had to overcome the same double standard within A.A. that existed in society. They were faced with a program that catered to men's needs. Women were able to achieve sobriety within A.A. despite the male construction of reality that it represented.
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