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Table of Contents
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
1. Widowhood: World Perspectives on Support Systems / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 1
2. Women as Widowson Malo (Natamambo), Vanuatu (South Pacific) / Robert Rubenstein 24
3. Widowhood in India / Jaya Sarma Gujral 43
4. Widows in Seoul, Korea / Jasoon Koo 56
5. Women and Widows in Turkey: Support Systems / Marsel A. Heisel 79
6. The Widowed in Iran / Jacquiline Rudolph Touba 106
7. Widowhood in Israel / Ruth Katz and Nitza Ben-Dor 133
8. Support Systems of Elderly Widows in the Philippines / Evangelina Novero Blust 148
9. Widowed Women in Melbourne, Australia / Linda Roseman and Arthur D. Schulman 170
10. Wives and Widows in China / Denise R. Barnes 194
11. Widowhood and Social Change / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 217
Notes and References 235
Index 252

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 19 May 1987
      ISBN-13 9780822307686
      978-0822307686
      ISBN-10 0822307685

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      List of Tables ix
      Preface xi
      1. Widowhood: World Perspectives on Support Systems / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 1
      2. Women as Widowson Malo (Natamambo), Vanuatu (South Pacific) / Robert Rubenstein 24
      3. Widowhood in India / Jaya Sarma Gujral 43
      4. Widows in Seoul, Korea / Jasoon Koo 56
      5. Women and Widows in Turkey: Support Systems / Marsel A. Heisel 79
      6. The Widowed in Iran / Jacquiline Rudolph Touba 106
      7. Widowhood in Israel / Ruth Katz and Nitza Ben-Dor 133
      8. Support Systems of Elderly Widows in the Philippines / Evangelina Novero Blust 148
      9. Widowed Women in Melbourne, Australia / Linda Roseman and Arthur D. Schulman 170
      10. Wives and Widows in China / Denise R. Barnes 194
      11. Widowhood and Social Change / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 217
      Notes and References 235
      Index 252

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