The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives, 4th Edition
byJay Sokolovsky, PhD, is professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He is a cultural anthropologist with specialties in the anthropology of aging, psychological/medical anthropology, and urban anthropology.
20200630
Praeger
Pages | 762 |
Topics | Care Among Multinational Family Networks;Culture and Women's Mid-Life;Culture and the Perception of Dementia;Community Gardens and Civic Ecology;Death Dulas;Designing Age-Friendly Communities;Eldersourcing and New Visions of Work in Late Life;Intergenerational Contact Zones |
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From the laughing clubs of India and robotic granny minders of Japan to the "Flexsecurity" system of Denmark and the elderscapes of Florida, experts in this collection bring readers cutting-edge and future-focused approaches to our aging population worldwide.
In this fourth edition of an award-winning text on the consequences of global aging, a team of expert anthropologists and other social scientists presents the issues and possible solutions as our population over age 60 rises to double that of the year 2000. Chapters describe how the consequences of global aging will influence life in the 21st century in relation to biological limits on the human life span, cultural construction of the life cycle, generational exchange and kinship, makeup of households and community, and attitudes toward disability and death.
This completely revised edition includes 20 new chapters covering China, Japan, Denmark, India, West and East Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, indigenous Amazonia, rural Italy, and the ethnic landscape of the United States. A popular feature is an integrated set of web book chapters listed in the contents, discussed in chapter introductions, and available on the book's web site.
- Takes a qualitative, case study approach, with most chapters informed by original, ongoing field research around the world
- Draws its reputation from use in courses from anthropology, sociology, and psychology to social work, nursing, and public health at 60 universities
- Discusses and points readers to related web book chapters, available on the book's website
- Provides access to valuable web support offering literature updates, educational activities, videos, and more
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Table of Contents
The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives, 4th Edition
Contributors: Sokolovsky, Jay;Abstract:From the laughing clubs of India and robotic granny minders of Japan to the "Flexsecurity" system of Denmark and the elderscapes of Florida, experts in this collection bring readers cutting-edge and future-focused approaches to our aging population worldwide.
In this fourth edition of an award-winning text on the consequences of global aging, a team of expert anthropologists and other social scientists presents the issues and possible solutions as our population over age 60 rises to double that of the year 2000. Chapters describe how the consequences of global aging will influence life in the 21st century in relation to biological limits on the human life span, cultural construction of the life cycle, generational exchange and kinship, makeup of households and community, and attitudes toward disability and death.
This completely revised edition includes 20 new chapters covering China, Japan, Denmark, India, West and East Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, indigenous Amazonia, rural Italy, and the ethnic landscape of the United States. A popular feature is an integrated set of web book chapters listed in the contents, discussed in chapter introductions, and available on the book's web site.
- Takes a qualitative, case study approach, with most chapters informed by original, ongoing field research around the world
- Draws its reputation from use in courses from anthropology, sociology, and psychology to social work, nursing, and public health at 60 universities
- Discusses and points readers to related web book chapters, available on the book's website
- Provides access to valuable web support offering literature updates, educational activities, videos, and more
Editor(s): Sokolovsky, Jay;SortTitle: cultural context of aging: worldwide perspectives, 4th editionEdition: 4Author Info:Jay SokolovskyeditorJay Sokolovsky, PhD, is professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He is a cultural anthropologist with specialties in the anthropology of aging, psychological/medical anthropology, and urban anthropology.
eISBN-13: 9781440852022Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440852022.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440852015Imprint: PraegerPages: 762Publication Date: 20200630- Cover page a1
- Halftitle page i2
- Title page iii4
- Copyright page iv5
- Dedication v6
- Contents vii8
- Preface xv16
- Introduction: A 21st-Century Global Perspective on Aging and Human Maturity in Cultural Context xvii18
- PART I A Global Vision of Aging, Culture, and Context 156
- Introduction 358
- chapter one Global Aging in the New Millennium 2782
- chapter two Web Book: ComplaintDiscourse, Aging, and Caregiving among the Ju’hoansi of Botswana—with 2018 Update 47102
- chapter three Web Book: Beyond the Grandmother Hypothesis 48103
- chapter four “You Don’t Have to Act or Feel Old” 49104
- chapter five Web Book: Culture and the Meaning of a Good Old Age 65120
- chapter six Web Book: From Successful Aging to Conscious Aging 66121
- chapter seven Web Book: Menopause 67122
- chapter eight Trans(gender)/Gender-Diverse Aging 68123
- chapter nine Web Book: Is Killing Necessarily Murder? 86141
- PART II The Life Course and Intergenerational Ties in Cultural and Global Context 87142
- Introduction 89144
- chapter ten Aging and Society in the New Life Course 111166
- chapter eleven Ethnography, Technology Design, and the Future of “Aging in Place” 130185
- chapter twelve Imagining Institutional Care, Practicing Domestic Care 151206
- chapter thirteen Eldersourcing and Reconceiving Work as Care 171226
- chapter fourteen Web Book Photo Essay: Curriculum Vitae 187242
- chapter fifteen Web Book: Images of Aging 188243
- chapter sixteen Web Book: Intergenerational Sites 189244
- chapter seventeen Web Book: Global Perspectives on Widowhood and Aging 190245
- chapter eighteen Web Book: Grandparenting Styles 191246
- PART III Aging, Globalization, and Societal Transformation 193248
- Introduction 195250
- chapter nineteen Web Book: Aging and the Age of Globalization 210265
- chapter twenty Communities of Care and Zones of Abandonment in “Super-Aged” Japan 211266
- chapter twenty-one Narrating the Future 231286
- chapter twenty-two Globalizing Late Life in China and Realigning the State, Family, and Market Interests for Eldercare 252307
- chapter twenty-three Web Book: “One to One” and “Five by One” 276331
- chapter twenty-four Indigenous Mexican Elders Engage the 21st Century 277332
- chapter twenty-five Aging after Socialism 304359
- PART IV Cultural Diversity and the Ethnic Dimension in Aging: Culture, Context, and Creativity 321376
- chapter twenty-six Migrant Elders and the Limits of Family Support in a Globalizing World 345400
- chapter twenty-seven Detroit African Americans Fishing for Food and Heritage 365420
- chapter twenty-eight Web Book: Fare insieme 383438
- chapter twenty-nine “Demasiado fuerte” (Too Tough) 384439
- chapter thirty Ancestral Landscapes of Culture 400455
- chapter thirty-one Web Book: Battling a New Epidemic 416471
- chapter thirty-two Web Book: Losing, Using, and Crafting Spaces for Aging 417472
- chapter thirty-three Web Book: Aging in Exile 418473
- chapter thirty-four Web Book: Age of Wisdom 419474
- PART V Age-Friendly Communities, Kinscripts, Families, and Elderscapes: Transforming Cultural Spaces for Aging 421476
- Introduction 423478
- chapter thirty-five Web Book: The Structural Vulnerability of Older People in a Matrilineal Society 447502
- chapter thirty-six Old People Everywhere 448503
- chapter thirty-seven Web Book Photo Essay: Working Together across Generations 464519
- chapter thirty-eight Web Book: Growing Older in World Cities 465520
- chapter thirty-nine Old Age Homes, Love, and Other New Cultures of Aging in Middle-Class India 466521
- chapter forty Gray as Green 492547
- chapter forty-one Web Book: Spaces of Age—About the Elderscapes of Charlotte County, Florida 512567
- chapter forty-two Web Book: An Organization for the Elderly, by the Elderly 513568
- chapter forty-three Web Book Photo Essay: “Where Are the Bonesin Their Noses?” 514569
- PART VI The Quest for Gerontopia: Culture and Health in Late Life 515570
- Introduction 517572
- chapter forty-four Beyond the Blue Zones 549604
- chapter forty-five The New Frontier of Robotics in the Lives of Elders 594649
- chapter forty-six “Train Yourself Free” 608663
- chapter forty-seven Web Book Photo Essay: Female Mutual Support in Kyoto and Kampala 631686
- chapter forty-eight Web Book: Keeping the Elderly Alive 632687
- chapter forty-nine Triangles of Care in Transnational Spaces of Aging 633688
- chapter fifty The Extended Body 657712
- chapter fifty-one Web Book Photo Essay: “Differently Young” and “Non autosufficienti ” 668723
- chapter fifty-two Web Book: Heroic Stories of Dementia Care 669724
- chapter fifty-three Web Book: Beyond the Institution 670725
- chapter fifty-four Web Book: The Future of Aging in Postindustrial Context 671726
- chapter fifty-five Web Book: Between Humans and Ghosts 672727
- About the Editor and Contributors 673728
- Index 681736