ISBN:
978-1-78920-789-7
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 419 Seiten) :
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten.
Series Statement:
Life course, culture and aging: global transformations Volume 6
Series Statement:
Life course, culture and aging: global transformations
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DDC:
362.6095
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology
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Filial piety
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Older people Care
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
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
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
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In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781789207897
URL:
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