| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Global perspectives on aging |
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Global perspectives on aging series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Anthropology, Cultural Values, and Aging -- Activities as Value at Lake District Senior Center -- Elders Supporting Each Other to Help Themselves -- Networking at Lake District Senior Center -- Post-Retirement Housing and Living Arrangements -- Who Supports Older Americans?: Families, Self, and Other Sources -- Temporal Complexity in Older Americans' Lives -- Changes and Continuities Over Thirty Years of Research -- Conclusion: Challenges and Hopes in the New Frontier of Aging. |
| Summary |
"In Through Japanese Eyes, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparing aging in America and in her native Japan, she discovers that notable differences in the pan-human experience of aging are rooted in cultural differences between these two countries, and that Americans have strongly negative attitudes toward aging because it represents the antithesis of cherished American values, especially independence. Tsuji's research discloses how her American interlocutors ingeniously fill this gap between the ideal and the real to live meaningful lives. The book also reveals that American culture, despite its seeming lack of guidance for those aging, plays a pivotal role in elders' lives, simultaneously assisting and constraining them. Furthermore, Tsuji's lengthy period of research illustrates major changes in her interlocutors' lives, incorporating their declines and death, and significant shifts in the culture of aging in American society. The book also describes the author's journey of getting to know American culture and growing into senescence herself"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Aging -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Aging -- Social aspects -- Japan.
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Senior centers -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
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Older people -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
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Older people -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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Aging -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00800348
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Older people. (OCoLC)fst01199093
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Older people -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01199129
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Senior centers. (OCoLC)fst01201136
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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New York (State) (OCoLC)fst01210280
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1978819560 9781978819566 (OCoLC)1147909998 |
| ISBN |
9781978819573 (electronic book) |
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1978819579 (electronic book) |
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9781978819580 (mobi) |
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1978819587 (mobi) |
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9781978819597 (pdf) |
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1978819595 (pdf) |
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