|
" The cultural context of aging : "
edited by Jay Sokolovsky.
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
728210
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b547948
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
edited by Jay Sokolovsky.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
The cultural context of aging : : worldwide perspectives\ edited by Jay Sokolovsky.
|
| Edition Statement
|
:
|
3rd ed
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2009
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
(xxxv, 770 pages) : illustrations
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
031308694X
|
|
|
:
|
: 1282363360
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780313086946
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781282363366
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Introduction : human maturity and global aging in cultural context / Jay Sokolovsky --;A global vision of aging, culture and context / Jay Sokolovsky --;Global perspectives on the demography of aging / Kevin Kinsella --;Complaint discourse, aging and caregiving among the Ju/'hoansi of Botswana / Harriet G. Rosenberg --;Beyond the grandmother hypothesis : evolutionary models of human longevity / Michael Gurven and Hillard Kaplan --;From successful aging to conscious aging / Harry Moody --;Is killing necessarily murder? Moral questions surrounding assisted suicide and death / Anthony Glascock --;Menopause : a biocultural event / Yewoubdar Beyene --;Web book : "Culture and the meaning of a good old age" / by Christine L. Fry et al. --;The life-course and intergenerational ties in cultural and global context / Jay Sokolovsky --;Elders, ancients, ancestors and the modern life course / Maria G. Cattell and Steven M. Albert --;Images of aging : cultural representations of later life / Mike Featherstone and Mike Hepworth --;When old is new : cultural spaces and symbolic meaning in late life / Jennie Keith --;Global perspectives on widowhood and aging / Maria G. Cattell --;Web book: "Exchange and reciprocity among two generations of Japanese and American women" / by Hiroko Akiyama, Toni C. Antonucci and Ruth Campbell --;Web book : "Grandparenting styles : the contemporary Native American experience" / by Joan Weibel-Orlando --;Aging, globalization and societal transformations / Jay Sokolovsky --;Globalization and the risks of aging / Christine L. Fry --;The new realities of aging in contemporary China : coping with the decline in family care / Hong Zhang --;Aging proletariats in a twenty-first century indigenous Mexican community / Jay Sokolovsky --;Transforming the cultural scripts for aging and elder care in Japan / Brenda R. Jenike and John W. Traphagan --;Standing up for others : the AMIGOS volunteer model for working with elders in Peru / Dena Shenk and Joan Mahon --;Danish home care policy and the family : implications for the United States / Mary Stuart and Eigil Boll Hansen --;The ethnic dimension in aging : culture, context and creativity / Jay Sokolovsky --;Ethnic elders and the limits of family support in a globalizing world / Jay Sokolovsky --;Losing, using and crafting spaces for aging : Muslim Iranian American seniors in California's Santa Clara Valley / Mary Elaine Hegland and associates --;Aging in exile : family support and emotional well-being among older Cuban immigrants in the United States / Iveris L. Martinez --;Ethnic and cross-cultural perspectives on custodial grandparenting / Bert Hayslip Jr. --;African Americans growing older in Chicago : living in a time and place of change / Madelyn Iris --;Web book : "Age of wisdom : elderly black women in family and church" / by Jane W. Peterson --;Web book : "The social and cultural context of adaptive aging by southeast Asian elders" / by Barbara W.K. Yee --;Web book : "Dementia in cultural context : development and decline of a caregivers support group in a Latin population" / by Neil Henderson. Families, communities and elderscapes : transforming cultural spaces for aging / Jay Sokolovsky --;The structural vulnerability of older people in a matrilineal society : the Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia / Edi Indrizal, Philip Kreager and Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill --;Growing older in world cities : benefits and burdens / Michael K. Gusmano --;Elder residences and outsourced sons : remaking aging in cosmopolitan India / Sarah Lamb --;Aging in the hood : creating and sustaining elder-friendly environments / Philip B. Stafford --;Elders, urban community greening and the rise of civic ecology / Jay Sokolovsky --;Spaces of age, snowbirds and the gerontology of mobility : the elderscapes of Charlotte County, Florida / Stephen Katz --;Web book : "Social support systems of rural older women : a comparison of the United States and Denmark" / by Dena Shenk and Kitter Christiansen --;Web book photo essay : "Where are the bones in their noses? Community aged in North American RV camps and in Papua New Guinea" / by Dorothy Counts and David Counts --;Web book : "An organization for the elderly, by the elderly : a senior center in the United States" / by Yohko Tsuji --;Web book : "One thousand points of blight : old, female and homeless in New York City" / by Jay Sokolovsky --;The quest for gerontopia : culture and health in late life / Jay Sokolovsky --;Exceptional longevity and the quest for healthy aging : insights from the Okinawa Centenarian Study / D. Craig Willcox [and others] --;Eldertopia : a vision for old age in a new world / William Thomas --;La cura degli nostri cari anziani : family and community elder care roles in contemporary Italy / Joan Weibel-Orlando --;Battling a new epidemic : American Indian elders and diabetes / Linda Carson Henderson --;Brain failure, late life and culture in Japan / John W. Traphagan --;The global Florida : long-term care in postindustrial countries / Larry Polivka --;Beyond the institution : dementia care and the promise of the Green House Project / Athena McLean --;Between humans and ghosts : the decrepit elderly in a Polynesian society / Judith C. Barker.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
Explores various cultural issues worldwide that affect aging issues, from perception and valuation of the elderly to aspects including homelessness, care-giving, assisted suicide, psychological support and responses to those with dementia. This book includes special student resources, data from studies, and a bibliography of related readings.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Aging -- Cross-cultural studies.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Aging -- psychology.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Older people -- Cross-cultural studies.
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
HQ1061.E358 2009
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Jay Sokolovsky
|
| |