Through Japanese Eyes : : Thirty Years of Studying Aging in America / / Yohko Tsuji.
In Through Japanese Eyes, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparing aging in America and in her native Japan, she discovers that notable differences in the pan-human e...
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Tsuji, Yohko, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Through Japanese Eyes : Thirty Years of Studying Aging in America / Yohko Tsuji. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2020] ©2021 1 online resource (268 p.) : 8 b-w images, 8 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Global Perspectives on Aging Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Japanese Names -- Introduction -- 1 Activities as Value at Lake District Senior Center -- 2 Elders Supporting Each Other to Help Themselves -- 3 Networking at Lake District Senior Center -- 4 Postretirement Housing and Living Arrangements -- 5 Who Supports Older Americans? -- 6 Temporal Complexity in Older Americans’ Lives -- 7 Changes and Continuities over Thirty Years of Research -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Through Japanese Eyes, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparing aging in America and in her native Japan, she discovers that notable differences in the pan-human experience of aging are rooted in cultural differences between these two countries, and that Americans have strongly negative attitudes toward aging because it represents the antithesis of cherished American values, especially independence. Tsuji’s research discloses how her American interlocutors ingeniously fill this gap between the ideal and the real to live meaningful lives. The book also reveals that American culture, despite its seeming lack of guidance for those aging, plays a pivotal role in elders’ lives, simultaneously assisting and constraining them. Furthermore, Tsuji’s lengthy period of research illustrates major changes in her interlocutors’ lives, incorporating their declines and death, and significant shifts in the culture of aging in American society. The book also describes the author’s journey of getting to know American culture and growing into senescence herself. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Aging Social aspects Japan. Aging Social aspects United States. Older people Social conditions Cross-cultural studies. Older people New York (State) Case studies. Senior centers New York (State) Case studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Global, Perspectives, Japan, Aging, America, Cross-culture, Research, Cultural Studies, New York, Upstate, Anthropology, Japanese culture, History, Pan-human, Experience, Values, Independence, Elders, Families, Self, Communities, Transliteration, Cultural values, Senior center. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2020 English 9783110704723 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Sociology, Education, Psychology 2020 9783110704549 ZDB-23-SEW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739138 https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978819597 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978819597 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781978819597/original |
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