Aging and loss : mourning and maturity in contemporary Japan /
Jason Danely.
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource.
- Global Perspectives on Aging .
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Series Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Loss""; ""1. Loss, Abandonment, and Aesthetics""; ""2. The Weight of Loss: Experiencing Aging and Grief""; ""Part II. Mourning""; ""3. Landscapes of Mourning: Constructing Nature and Kinship""; ""4. Temporalities of Loss: Transience and Yielding""; ""5. Passing It On: Circulating Aging Narratives""; ""Part III. Abandonment and Care""; ""6. Aesthetics of Failed Subjectivity""; ""Part IV: Hope""; ""7. Care and Recognition: Encountering the Other World"" ""8. The Heart of Aging: An Afterword""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""
By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewhere in Asia and around the world. What can we learn from a study of the aging population of Japan and how can these findings inform a path forward for the elderly, their families, and for policy makers? Based on nearly a decade of research, Aging and Loss 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.