The Gift of Generations : Japanese and American Perspectives on Aging and the Social Contract
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521555205
ISBN-13
9780521555203
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 13th, 1996
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
306 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographyCare of the elderly
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This is a comparative study of aging and the social contract in Japan and the United States. By using quantitative and institutional data as well as absorbing life histories, the book explores the different cultural definitions of vulnerability and giving, and the ways they shape and constrain helping arrangements.
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