Aging and Loss : : Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan /

Aging and Loss : : Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan / / Jason Danely.

By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewhere in Asia and around the world. What can we learn from a study of the aging population of Japan and how can these findings inform a path forward for the elderly, their families,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Danely, Jason,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Global Perspectives on Aging
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.) :; 1 map, 8 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Loss
  • 1. Loss, Abandonment, and Aesthetics
  • 2. The Weight of Loss: Experiencing Aging and Grief
  • PART II. Mourning
  • 3. Landscapes of Mourning: Constructing Nature and Kinship
  • 4. Temporalities of Loss: Transience and Yielding
  • 5. Passing It On: Circulating Aging Narratives
  • PART III. Abandonment and Care
  • 6. Aesthetics of Failed Subjectivity
  • 7. Care and Recognition: Encountering the Other World
  • 8. The Heart of Aging: An Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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