Aging Across Cultures

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Growing Old in the Non-Western World, Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science 10

ISBN: 3030765008
ISBN 13: 9783030765002
Herausgeber: Helaine Selin
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xvi, 414 S., 1 s/w Illustr., 414 p. 1 illus.
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.11.2021
Auflage: 1/2022
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

This volume brings together chapters about aging in many non-Western cultures, from Africa and Asia to South America, from American Indians to Australian and Hawaii Aboriginals. It also includes articles on other issues of aging, such as falling, dementia, and elder abuse. It was thought that in Africa or Asia, elders were revered and taken care of. This certainly used to be the case. But the Western way has moved into these places, and we now find that elders are often left on their own or in institutions, as younger people have migrated to other cities and even countries. Grandparents often find themselves being parents to their grandchildren, a far cry from the kind of life they believed they would have as they aged. This book will explore all these issues and will be of use to students and researchers in this relatively new field.

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Helaine Selin was a Faculty Associate and Science Librarian at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, from which she retired in 2012.  She is the editor of the Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed. Springer 2016) and eight books in Springers Science Across Cultures series, on Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Childbirth, Parenting, Happiness and Death.

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