{"product_id":"transitions-and-transformations-9780857457783","title":"Transitions and Transformations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by illustrating the multiple ways it is embedded within individual, social, and cultural life courses. It presents a broad range of ethnographic work, introducing a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches to studying life-course transitions in conjunction with broader sociocultural transformations. Through detailed accounts, in such diverse settings as nursing homes in Sri Lanka, a factory in Massachusetts, cemeteries in Japan and clinics in Mexico, the authors explore not simply our understandings of growing older, but the interweaving of individual maturity and intergenerational relationships, social and economic institutions, and intimate experiences of gender, identity, and the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis volume is full of good writing, lively situations, some wonderful photos, revealing quotes and simulating ideas. Its readability makes it appealing as a text to be used widely in the undergraduate\/graduate classroom… the current volume makes for excellent reading and launches the new Berghahn book series admirably\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Anthropology of Aging Quarterly Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ean important contribution to the field...excellent chapters within a comprehensive anthropological framework that touches on an increasingly important global demographic trend. The book counters the universalizing tendency of some disciplines to model aging after Western lifestyles\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  Philip B. Stafford\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Indiana\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is a well-crafted volume and an important addition to the literature on aging and the life course.  It provides an invaluable cross-cultural perspective that emphasizes how the life course is framed within a cultural context and how cultures change over time.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe chapters focus on a large number of ethnographic cases and are organized well for use by students or professionals wanting an updated overview.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDena Shenk\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of North Carolina Charlotte\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis volume is a welcome addition to [the literature], particularly because it speaks to concerns in the cross-cultural study of aging and in anthropology.  It was a pleasure to read.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Collings\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Florida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: FRAMEWORKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eTransitions and Transformations: Paradigms, Perspectives, and Possibilities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJason Danely and Caitrin Lynch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Changes in the Life Course: Strengths and Stages\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMary Catherine Bateson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: BODIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eNarrating Pain and Seeking Continuity: A Life-Course Approach to Chronic Pain Management\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLindsey Martin  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Venting Anger From the Body During \u003cem\u003eGengnianqi\u003c\/em\u003e: Meanings of Midlife Transition Among Chinese Women in Reform-Era Beijing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeanne L. Shea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e “I Don’t Want to Be Like My Father:” Masculinity, Modernity, and Intergenerational Relationships in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEmily Wentzell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: SPATIALITY AND TEMPORALITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Shifting Moral Ideals of Aging in Poland: Suffering, Self-Actualization, and the Nation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJessica C. Robbins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Window into Death: Euthanasia and End-of-Life in the Public-Private Space of the Dutch Home\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFrances Norwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Temporality, Spirituality, and the Life Course in an Aging Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJason Danely\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: FAMILIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e “I Have to Stay Healthy:” Elder Caregiving and the Third Age in a Brazilian Community\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDiana \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDe G. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Grandmothering in Life-Course Perspective:  A Study of Puerto Rican Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren in the United States\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarta B. Rodríguez-Galán\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Care Work and Property Transfers: Intergenerational Family Obligations in Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichele Ruth Gamburd\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART V: ECONOMIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Personhood, Appropriate Dependence, and the Rise of Eldercare Institutions in India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSarah Lamb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Membership and Mattering: Agency and Work in a New England Factory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCaitrin Lynch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Life Courses of Indebtedness in Rural Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJane I. Guyer and Kabiru K. 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