Beyond Filial Piety Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies

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.

Info autore

Katrina Moore is Honorary Associate in Japanese Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Sydney.

Riassunto

This volume explores emerging cultural meanings and social responses to population aging in contemporary East Asian societies. 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeanne Moore Shea, Jeanne Moore Shea Shea
• Con la collaborazione di: Moore Katrina (Editore), Jeanne Shea (Editore), Zhang Hong (Editore), Hong Zhang (Editore), Katrina Moore (Editore)
• Editore: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2022
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9781800734470
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-447-0
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Serie: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations; Life Course, Culture and Aging > 6
• Categorie: Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Care of the elderly, Social and cultural anthropology, East Asia, Far East, Maturation and ageing, Maturation & Ageing, Anthropology (General); Sociology