Demographic Change and the Family in Japan's Aging Society

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

A demographic and ethnographic exploration of how the aging Japanese society is affecting the family.Incorporating qualitative and quantitative data and research methods from both demography and social anthropology, this book explores demographic trends in contemporary Japan's rapidly aging society. The contributors describe and analyze trends by addressing the ways in which demographic change is experienced in the context of family. The book considers the social effects, welfare issues, and private and public responses to demographic change and how this change has influenced the experiences of family caregivers and the elderly themselves. It offers both a specific regional contribution to the emerging field of demographic anthropology and an anthropological contribution to cross-disciplinary research on aging.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-01-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Aging and Culture
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791456507

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

John W. Traphagan is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan, published by SUNY Press, and the coeditor (with Kiyotaka Aoyagi and Peter J. M. Nas) of Toward Sustainable Cities: Readings in the Anthropology of Urban Environments. John Knight is Lecturer at the School of Anthropological Studies at Queen's University Belfast. He is the editor of Natural Enemies: People-Wildlife Conflicts in Anthropological Perspective.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Study of the Family in Japan: Integrating Anthropological and Demographic ApproachesJohn Knight and John W. Traphagan Family and Living Arrangements 2. Changes in the Living Arrangements of Japanese Elderly: The Role of Demographic FactorsJames M. Raymo and Toshiko Kaneda 3. Under One Roof: The Evolving Story of Three Generation Housing in JapanNaomi Brown Coping with Demographic Change 4. Generational Reengagements: Changing Demographic Patterns and the Revival of Intergenerational Contact in JapanLeng Leng Thang 5. Depopulation in Rural Japan: ""Population Politics" in Towa-choChristopher S. Thompson 6. Repopulating the Village?John Knight 7. Finding Common Ground: Family, Gender, and Burial in Contemporary JapanSatsuki Kawano Demographic Change and Aging 8. Trends in the Quantity and Quality of Life at Older Ages in JapanToshiko Kaneda and James M. Raymo 9. Parent Care and Shifting Family Obligations in Urban JapanBrenda Robb Jenike 10. Contesting Coresidence: Women, In-laws, and Health Care in Rural JapanJohn W. Traphagan Epilogue 11. Demographic and Family Change: Problems and SolutionsSusan O. Long and C. Scott Littleton Contributors Name Index Subject Index