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Culture, Context and Aging of Older Indians - Jagriti Gangopadhyay

Culture, Context and Aging of Older Indians (eBook)

Narratives from India and Beyond
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2021 | 1st ed. 2021
XIII, 132 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-16-2790-3 (ISBN)
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This book discusses the intersections between culture, context, and aging. It adopts a socio-cultural lens and highlights emotional, social, and psychological issues of the older adults in urban India. It is set in multiple sites such as Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, and Saskatoon to indicate how different cultural practices and contextual factors play an integral role in determining the course of aging. It also focuses on different narratives such as older adults living with adult children, older adults living with spouse, and older adults living alone to demonstrate the intricate process of growing old. Drawing from various sites and living arrangements of older adults, it sheds light on cultural constructions of growing old, ideas of belonging, the inevitability of death, everyday processes of aging, perceptions associated with growing old in India, acceptance of the aging body, and  intergenerational ties in later lives. Given its scope, the book is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of sociology, demography, and social scientists studying aging.



Jagriti Gangopadhyay is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). She did her Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. She has published in journals of international and national repute such as Ageing International, Contributions to Indian Sociology, and Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. She has also presented her work at the Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse, the Oxford Institute of Population Aging, Oxford and the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University.



This book discusses the intersections between culture, context, and aging. It adopts a socio-cultural lens and highlights emotional, social, and psychological issues of the older adults in urban India. It is set in multiple sites such as Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, and Saskatoon to indicate how different cultural practices and contextual factors play an integral role in determining the course of aging. It also focuses on different narratives such as older adults living with adult children, older adults living with spouse, and older adults living alone to demonstrate the intricate process of growing old. Drawing from various sites and living arrangements of older adults, it sheds light on cultural constructions of growing old, ideas of belonging, the inevitability of death, everyday processes of aging, perceptions associated with growing old in India, acceptance of the aging body, and  intergenerational ties in later lives. Given its scope, the book is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of sociology, demography, and social scientists studying aging.
Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.6.2021
Zusatzinfo XIII, 132 p. 2 illus.
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Geriatrie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte Ageing and Transnationalism • ageing in Saskatoon • gender ideologies • Intergenerational relationships • kinship patterns • wellbeing of older adults
ISBN-10 981-16-2790-8 / 9811627908
ISBN-13 978-981-16-2790-3 / 9789811627903
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