List of Tables ixPreface xi1. Widowhood: World Perspectives on Support Systems / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 12. Women as Widowson Malo (Natamambo), Vanuatu (South Pacific) / Robert Rubenstein 243. Widowhood in India / Jaya Sarma Gujral 434. Widows in Seoul, Korea / Jasoon Koo 565. Women and Widows in Turkey: Support Systems / Marsel A. Heisel 796. The Widowed in Iran / Jacquiline Rudolph Touba 1067. Widowhood in Israel / Ruth Katz and Nitza Ben-Dor 1338. Support Systems of Elderly Widows in the Philippines / Evangelina Novero Blust 1489. Widowed Women in Melbourne, Australia / Linda Roseman and Arthur D. Schulman 17010. Wives and Widows in China / Denise R. Barnes 19411. Widowhood and Social Change / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 217Notes and References 235Index 252