White saris and sweet mangoes : aging, gender, and body in North India /

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This rich ethnography explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. Sarah Lamb focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. Lamb uses a focus on age as a means not only to o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lamb, Sarah, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Series:Online access: California Digital Library UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (Open Access)
Subjects:
Older people > India > Bengal > Social conditions.
Aging > Family relationships > India > Bengal.
Older people > India > Bengal > Psychological aspects.
Personnes âgées > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde) > Conditions sociales.
Vieillissement > Relations familiales > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
Personnes âgées > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde) > Aspect psychologique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Older people > Social conditions
Gesellschaft
Alter
Bejaarden.
Sociale relaties.
Familierelaties.
Psychologische aspecten.
Femmes > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Rôle selon le sexe > Inde.
Vieillissement > Aspect social > Inde.
Sociologie du corps > Inde.
India > Bengal
Bengalen
Indien
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White saris and sweet mangoes : aging, gender, and body in North India /
by Lamb, Sarah, 1960-
Published 2000
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