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Anthropological Perspectives on Aging

Buch | Hardcover
350 Seiten
2023
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6959-3 (ISBN)
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An in-depth and wide-ranging approach to the study of older adults in society. Taking a holistic approach to the study of aging, this volume uses biological, archaeological, medical, and cultural perspectives to explore how older adults have functioned in societies around the globe and throughout human history.
An in-depth and wide-ranging approach to the study of older adults in society

Taking a holistic approach to the study of aging, this volume uses biological, archaeological, medical, and cultural perspectives to explore how older adults have functioned in societies around the globe and throughout human history. As the world’s population over 65 years of age continues to increase, this wide-ranging approach fills a growing need for both academics and service professionals in gerontology, geriatrics, and related fields.

Case studies from the United States, Tibet, Turkey, China, Nigeria, and Mexico provide examples of the ways age-related changes are influenced by environmental, genetic, sociocultural, and political-economic variables. Taken together, they help explain how the experience of aging varies across time and space. These contributions from noted anthropological scholars examine evolutionary and biological understandings of human aging, the roles of elders in various societies, issues of gender and ageism, and the role of chronic illness and “successful aging” among older adults.

This volume highlights how an anthropology of aging can illustrate how older adults adapt to shifting life circumstances and environments, including changes to the ways in which individuals and families care for them. The research in Anthropological Perspectives on Aging can also help researchers, students, and practitioners reach across disciplines to address age discrimination and help improve health outcomes throughout the life course.

Britteny M. Howell is assistant professor in the Division of Population Health Sciences, affiliate faculty for the National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders, and founding director of the Healthy Aging Research Laboratory at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ryan P. Harrod dean of academic affairs and chief academic officer at Garrett College, is coeditor of The Bioarchaeology of Violence.

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Zusatzinfo 9 b/w illustrations, 6 tables
Verlagsort Florida
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 363 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Geriatrie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-8130-6959-9 / 0813069599
ISBN-13 978-0-8130-6959-3 / 9780813069593
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