Other cultures, elder years:
Hailed by The Gerontologist as "extremely well organized, balanced, and impartial" in its first edition. Other Cultures, Elder Years is once again available in a fully revamped second edition. This new edition provides a comprehensive, comparative viewpoint on our knowledge about worldwide...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Hailed by The Gerontologist as "extremely well organized, balanced, and impartial" in its first edition. Other Cultures, Elder Years is once again available in a fully revamped second edition. This new edition provides a comprehensive, comparative viewpoint on our knowledge about worldwide patterns of aging. It addresses everything from demography to family relations, from perceptions of the life cycle to the impact of modernization on the aged. Replete with summaries of crucial studies from various parts of the world, Other Cultures, Elder Years also offers three extended case descriptions of Inuit, Samoan, and white American aged as well as an examination of aging patterns among major American ethnic groups. |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 324 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0803951337 0803951345 |
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Preface ix
1. The Anthropological Perspective 1
The Discipline of Anthropology 2
Comparative Analysis 7
Holistic Perspective 8
Emic Etic Perspectives 9
Relativistic Perspective 10
Case Study Approach 12
Process Analysis 13
Summary 15
2. Longevity 17
Life Span and Evolution 19
Calculating Evolutionary Maximum Life Span Potential 23
Evolution and Senescence 24
Demography and Aging 27
Population Aging 30
Shangri las 34
1
Abkhazia 35
The Hunza 36
Vilcabamba 37
Paros, Greece 37
Yagodina 39
Validity of Shangri la Claims 39
Abkhazia 39
Hunza 43
Vilcabamba 44
Cultural Factors in Longevity 45
Summary 48
3. The Life Cycle 50
Age Stage Perceptions in Samoa and Colombia 57
Aging as a Career 59
Creativity and the Life Cycle 61
Personality Changes in the Life Cycle 66
Retirement 68
Disengagement 73
Roles of the Aged 77
Political Leadership 82
Differences in Roles of Aged Men and Women 83
Death and Dying 90
Summary 92
4. Status and Family 95
Modernization 98
Prestige Generating Components 99
Personal Achievement 100
Societal Types 101
Property Control 102
Status and the Decrepit Elderly 107
Defining Status 109
Family, Kinship, and the Aged 111
Generational Reciprocity 116
Childlessness and Its Consequences 120
Summary 123
5. Community Studies 124
Retirement Communities as Age Graded Phenomena 133
Non Western Homes for the Aged 135
Hong Kong 136
Africa 137
Japan 138
Social Networks 141
Summary 143
6. Varieties of Aging Experience 145
Growing Old in a Hunting Society: Eskimos 146
Cultural Change 155
Life in a Simple Agricultural Society: Samoa 157
Gerontocide 165
Cultural Change 166
Aging in an Industrial Economy: The United States 168
The Cultural Setting 168
How Old Is Old? 169
The Aged Population 170
Residence Patterns 170
Early History 171
Ceremonial Life 173
Religion 173
The Value Environment 174
Summary 182
7. Ethnic Aged in America 183
African American Aged 187
American Indian Aged 196
The Reservation 200
The Navajo 201
Urban Aged Native Americans 205
Mexican American Aged 207
The Changing Scene 212
Asian American Aged 213
Chinese Americans 214
Japanese Americans 216
Italian Americans 220
Summary 223
8. Applying Anthropology: Culture, Health, and Aging 226
Cultural Perspectives in Health Care 227
African American Concepts of Illness 232
Food Preferences 233
Dementia 234
Ethnic/Minority Support Groups 236
Black and Hispanic Caregivers 237
Long Term Care Institutions 238
Ethnicity and Institutionalization 242
Nursing Homes in Other Cultures 245
Summary 248
9. The Aged and Cultural Change 251
Salient Aspects of Modernization 270
Criticisms of Aging and Modernization Theory 276
Case Study of Modernization: Japan 277
Summary 283
10. The Future of Aging in America 286
Summary 294
References 295
Index 316
About the Authors 323
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