Growing Old in a New China - Transitions in Elder Care

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Offers an accessible exploration of changing care arrangements in China. Combining anthropological theory, ethnographic vignettes, and cultural and social history, the book sheds light on the growing movement from home-based to institutional elder care in urban China. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Rose Keimig, Rose K Keimig, Rose K. Keimig
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781978813922
• ISBN: 978-1-978813-92-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Global Perspectives on Aging
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education