Through Japanese Eyes : Thirty Years of Studying Aging in America /

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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 e...

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Autor principal: Tsuji, Yohko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Colección:Global Perspectives on Aging
Temas:
Aging > Social aspects > Japan.
Aging > Social aspects > United States.
Older people > Social conditions > Cross-cultural studies.
Older people > New York (State) > Case studies.
Senior centers > New York (State) > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Global, Perspectives, Japan, Aging, America, Cross-culture, Research, Cultural Studies, New York, Upstate, Anthropology, Japanese culture, History, Pan-human, Experience, Values, Independence, Elders, Families, Self, Communities, Transliteration, Cultural values, Senior center.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Japanese Names
  • Introduction
  • 1 Activities as Value at Lake District Senior Center
  • 2 Elders Supporting Each Other to Help Themselves
  • 3 Networking at Lake District Senior Center
  • 4 Postretirement Housing and Living Arrangements
  • 5 Who Supports Older Americans?
  • 6 Temporal Complexity in Older Americans' Lives
  • 7 Changes and Continuities over Thirty Years of Research
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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