Rituals of Care : Karmic Politics in an Aging Thailand /

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"This book takes an anthropological look at how the elderly are cared for in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai, where the author did most of her fieldwork, and where its society is rapidly aging. It explores care in practice from everyday tasks to care for one's group, care for the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aulino, Felicity (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Older people > Social conditions.
Older people > Care.
Ethnology.
Caregivers.
Buddhism > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnologie > Thaïlande > Chiangmai.
Vieillissement de la population > Aspect social > Thaïlande > Chiangmai.
Personnes âgees > Thaïlande > Chiangmai > Conditions sociales.
Aidants naturels > Thaïlande > Chiangmai.
Personnes âgees > Soins > Thaïlande > Chiangmai.
Ethnology > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Population aging > Social aspects > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Buddhism > Social aspects > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Older people > Thailand > Chiang Mai > Social conditions.
Caregivers > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Older people > Care > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book takes an anthropological look at how the elderly are cared for in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai, where the author did most of her fieldwork, and where its society is rapidly aging. It explores care in practice from everyday tasks to care for one's group, care for the polity and looks at how religious, social, and political structures affect this care"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (210 pages).
ISBN:9781501739743

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