The Role of the Ambassador's Wife: An Exploratory Study  

Oleh:

Hochschild, Arlie

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 31 no. 01 (Feb. 1969), page 73.

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The role of the ambassador's wife is largely shaped by her husband's role as representative and spokesman for the American government. This paper examines one way in which his job affects hers, through one task which they share: the communication of political and social messages. While the ambassador communicates these messages both directly and indirectly, the ambassador's wife, lacking formal authority, avoids direct and specializes in indirect communication through the use of u, hat Edward Hall calls "covert message systems." On the basis of participant observation and questionnaire data on a third (30) of the wives of Chiefs of Missions abroad in 1965, we examine her role, the nature and purpose of the sociability it requires,and the ways in which through this sociability she communicates political and social messages. Finally we look at some unintended consequences of the role which provide clues to the diplomacy of everyday life.

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