Aging And Loss: Mourning And Maturity In Contemporary Japan (Global Perspectives On Aging) - 9780813565170

Based on nearly a decade of research, Aging and Loss: Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan examines how the landscape of aging is felt, understood, and embodied by older adults themselves. In detailed portraits, anthropologist Jason Danely delves into the everyday lives of older Japanese adults as they construct narratives through acts of reminiscence, social engagement, and ritual practice, and reveals the pervasive cultural aesthetic of loss and of being a burden.

• | Author: Jason Danely
• | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 02, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 229 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0813565170
• | ISBN-13: 9780813565170