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Faces of Aging : the Lived Experiences of the Elderly in Japan.
The indisputable fact of Japan's rapidly aging population has been known for some time. But beyond statistics and implications for the future, we do not know much about the actual aging process. Senior citizens and their varied experiences have, for the most part, been obscured by stereotypes....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Varied Lives and Experiences of the Elderly; 1. Successful Aging through Participation in Social Activities among Senior Citizens: Becoming Photographers; 2. The New Elder Citizen Movement in Japan; 3. Tension, Dependency, and Sacrifice in the Relationship of an Elderly Couple; 4. Generations Apart: Burdens, Bad Families, and Elder Suicide in Rural Japan; 5. Aging, Gender, and Sexuality in Japanese Popular Cultural Discourse: Pornographer Sachi Hamano and Her Rebellious Film Lily Festival (Yurisai).
- Part II. Understanding and Misunderstanding the Verbal Behavior of the Elderly6. The Value of Talk: Critical Perspectives on Studying the Speech Practices of Elderly People in the United States with Implications for Japan; 7. Kimochi: Capturing Elderly Japanese Dialysis Patients' Experiences; 8. Beyond Stereotypes of Old Age: The Discourse of Elderly Japanese Women; 9. Family Conversation as Narrative: Co-constructing the Past, Present, and Future; 10. A Good Story Is Not Enough: Unmasking and Accommodating the Social Meanings of Aging in Japan.
- Afterword
- Successful Aging and Communication Wellness: A Process of Transition and ContinuityList of Contributors; Index.