Overview
- The first book on non-Western concepts of aging
- Reveals the profound changes happening to non-Western societies
- Introduces data from all major regions of the planet
Part of the book series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science (SACH, volume 10)
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This volume brings together chapters about aging in many non-Western cultures, from Africa and Asia to South America, from American Indians to Australian and Hawaii Aboriginals. It also includes articles on other issues of aging, such as falling, dementia, and elder abuse.
It was thought that in Africa or Asia, elders were revered and taken care of. This certainly used to be the case. But the Western way has moved into these places, and we now find that elders are often left on their own or in institutions, as younger people have migrated to other cities and even countries. Grandparents often find themselves being parents to their grandchildren, a far cry from the kind of life they believed they would have as they aged. This book will explore all these issues and will be of use to students and researchers in this relatively new field.
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Helaine Selin was a Faculty Associate and Science Librarian at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, from which she retired in 2012. She is the editor of the Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed. Springer 2016) and eight books in Springer’s Science Across Cultures series, on Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Childbirth, Parenting, Happiness and Death.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aging Across Cultures
Book Subtitle: Growing Old in the Non-Western World
Editors: Helaine Selin
Series Title: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76501-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76500-2Published: 26 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76503-3Published: 27 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-76501-9Published: 01 January 2022
Series ISSN: 1568-2145
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1761
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 414
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Philosophy, Demography, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging