Growing Old in a New China : : Transitions in Elder Care / / Rose K. Keimig.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Keimig, Rose K.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Global Perspectives on Aging
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

Growing Old in a New China: Transitions in Elder Care is an accessible exploration of changing care arrangements in China. Combining anthropological theory, ethnographic vignettes, and cultural and social history, it sheds light on the growing movement from home-based to institutional elder care in urban China. The book examines how tensions between old and new ideas, desires, and social structures are reshaping the experience of caring and being cared for. Weaving together discussions of family ethics, care work, bioethics, aging, and quality of life, this book puts older adults at the center of the story. It explores changing relationships between elders and themselves, their family members, caregivers, society, and the state, and the attempts made within and across these relational webs to find balance and harmony. The book invites readers to ponder the deep implications of how and why we care and the ways end-of-life care arrangements complicate both living and dying for many elders.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Filial Children, Benevolent Parents -- 2 Bodies in History, Embodied Histories -- 3 Place and Space, Rhythm and Routine -- 4 Entanglements of Care -- 5 Care Work -- 6 Chronic Living, Delayed Death -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author