Linked Lives : Elder Care, Migration, and Kinship in Sri Lanka /

"When youth shake off their rural roots and middle-aged people migrate for economic opportunities, what happens to the grandparents left at home? Linked Lives provides readers with intimate glimpses into homes in a Sri Lankan Buddhist village, where elders wisely use their moral authority and t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gamburd, Michele Ruth, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Older people > Care.
Migrant labor.
Kinship care.
Grandparents > Family relationships.
Grandparent and child.
Migrant labor > Sri Lanka.
Kinship care > Sri Lanka.
Grandparent and child > Sri Lanka.
Grandparents > Family relationships > Sri Lanka.
Older people > Care > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Older people > Care > Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chaos flower : the meaning of family
  • Weighing financial opportunities : migration, remittances, or help from the hand?
  • Exchanging assets for care : pensions and the transfer of property
  • A youngest son called "hope" : virilocal ultimogeniture and the ancestral home
  • Health and illness : aging, self, and bodily care
  • Shelter or shame? Old folks' homes
  • Rebirth : Buddhism, almsgivings and the transmigration of souls
  • On beginnings and endings.

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