Aging and the Indian Diaspora : Cosmopolitan Families in India and Abroad /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lamb, Sarah, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2009.
Series:Tracking globalization.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
East Indian diaspora.
East Indians > United States > Social conditions.
Older people > India > Social conditions.
Aging > India.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the remaking of aging
  • The production of tradition, modernity, and a new middle class
  • The rise of old age homes in India
  • Becoming an elder-abode member
  • Tea and the forest: making a western institution Indian
  • Living alone as a way of life
  • Moving abroad
  • Changing families and the state.

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