Fragile resonance : caring for older family members in Japan and England /

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"This ethnography compares the experiences of unpaid family carers of older adults in Japan and England. Their personal stories of caring-including thoughts on responsibility, fatigue, compassion, grief, and love-provide insight into the everyday lived experiences of care in two culturally dist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Danely, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Caregivers > Japan > Social conditions.
Caregivers > England > Social conditions.
Older people > Care > Social aspects > Japan.
Older people > Care > Social aspects > England.
Aidants naturels > Japon > Conditions sociales.
Aidants naturels > Angleterre > Conditions sociales.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Aspect social > Japon.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Aspect social > Angleterre.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Japan.
Asian history.
Age groups: the elderly.
Anthropology.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Society.
England
Japan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cultural ecologies of care
  • Becoming a carer
  • Fatigue and endurance
  • Dangerous compassion
  • Counter-worlds of care
  • Living on
  • The politics of care.

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