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Informationen zum Autor Jeanne Shea is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Health and Society Program and the Global Health Concentration in Anthropology at the University of Vermont. Recipient of a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award, she has published her research in many scholarly journals and edited volumes. Katrina Moore is Honorary Associate in Japanese Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Sydney. Hong Zhang is Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She is the recipient of many research grants, including a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award and Freeman Foundation grants and has published in numerous edited volumes and journals. Klappentext Known for a tradition of Confucian filial piety, East Asian societies have some of the oldest and most rapidly aging populations on earth. Today these societies are experiencing unprecedented social challenges to the filial tradition of adult children caring for aging parents at home. Marshalling mixed methods data, this volume explores the complexities of aging and caregiving in contemporary East Asia. Questioning romantic visions of a senior's paradise, chapters examine emerging cultural meanings of and social responses to population aging, including caregiving both for and by the elderly. Themes include traditional ideals versus contemporary realities, the role of the state, patterns of familial and non-familial care, social stratification, and intersections of caregiving and death. Drawing on ethnographic, demographic, policy, archival, and media data, the authors trace both common patterns and diverging trends across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and Korea. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Text and Transliteration Introduction: Beyond Filial Piety: Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies Jeanne Shea, Katrina Moore, and Hong Zhang Part I: Aging and Caregiving in Chinese Contexts Chapter 1. Old-Age Support in Rural China: Case Study of the Jiangxiang Model for Community-Based Filial Piety Youcai Tang and Jeanne Shea Chapter 2. Meanings of Spousal Eldercare in Life and Death in China Jeanne Shea Chapter 3. "Too Busy to Do Anything Else": How Caregiving and Urban Sojourning Impact the Aging Experience of China's Migrant Grandparents Min Zhang Chapter 4. Population Ageing and Care of the Elderly in Hong Kong Michelle Shum and Terry Lum Chapter 5. Teach Me to Be Filial: Intergenerational Care in Singapore Families Leng Leng Thang and Kalyani Mehta Chapter 6. Constructing Networks of Elder Care across Borders: The Experiences of Taiwanese Immigrants in the US and their Parents in the Homeland Ken Chih-Yan Sun Part II: Aging and Caregiving in Japanese Contexts Chapter 7. Who Cares for the Elders? Ageing, Independence, and Interdependence in Contemporary Japan Katrina Moore Chapter 8. "Son, I've Already Become a Mummy": The Sociocultural Contexts of Missing Centenarians in Super-Aging Japan Heekyoung Kim Chapter 9. Rethinking Burden: Japanese Elder Care Careers from Helping to Grieving Susan Long and Ruth Campbell Part III: Aging and Caregiving in Korean Contexts Chapter 10. Filial Piety and Elder Care in 21st Century Korea: "Without Feeling Guilty" Hyun Ji Lee and Kyong Hee Chee Chapter 11. The Dynamics of Care in the Context of Limited Repatriation of Sakhalin Korean Elderly Dorota Szawarska Chapter 12. Expansion of End of Life Care Services in South Korea: A Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences of Family Caregivers and Hospice Staff Sooyoun Han and Jeanne Shea ...
