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Growing Old in a New China : Transitions in Elder Care
Author
Title
Growing Old in a New China : Transitions in Elder Care / Rose K. Keimig.
ISBN
9781978813953
Publication
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
1 online resource (192 p.)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In English.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Growing Old in a New China: Transitions in Elder Care is an accessible exploration of changing care arrangements in China. Combining anthropological theory, ethnographic vignettes, and cultural and social history, it sheds light on the growing movement from home-based to institutional elder care in urban China. The book examines how tensions between old and new ideas, desires, and social structures are reshaping the experience of caring and being cared for. Weaving together discussions of family ethics, care work, bioethics, aging, and quality of life, this book puts older adults at the center of the story. It explores changing relationships between elders and themselves, their family members, caregivers, society, and the state, and the attempts made within and across these relational webs to find balance and harmony. The book invites readers to ponder the deep implications of how and why we care and the ways end-of-life care arrangements complicate both living and dying for many elders.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 08, 2021
Series
Global Perspectives on Aging
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1 Filial Children, Benevolent Parents
2 Bodies in History, Embodied Histories
3 Place and Space, Rhythm and Routine
4 Entanglements of Care
5 Care Work
6 Chronic Living, Delayed Death
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
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