Rose K. Keimig

Growing Old in a New China: Transitions in Elder Care

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible ethnographic exploration of aging and institutional elder care in China today, this book puts older adults at the center of the story. Set within a broader historical narrative of ceaseless change and transition, it explores attempts by elders, family members, caregivers, and society to achieve balance and harmony in both life and death.

Produktdetails

• Global Perspectives on Aging
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978813922
• ISBN-10: 1978813929
• Artikelnr.: 59488716

Autorenporträt

ROSE KEIMIG is a medical anthropologist who is interested in the ways humans experience change across the life course. She works as a UX Researcher.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
1: Filial Children, Benevolent Parents
2: Bodies in History, Embodied Histories
3: Place & Space, Rhythm & Routine
4: Entanglements of Care
5: Care Work
6: Chronic Living, Delayed Death
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Bibliography