Książka Taming Oblivion John W. Traphagan

Taming Oblivion

Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: 50 % szansa
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Taming Oblivion examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications o...

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Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2000
strony
225
EAN
9780791445006
Enbook ID
04700788
Waga
317
Wymiary
149 x 225 x 12

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Taming Oblivion examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese. While the biomedical construction of senility-as-pathology has become increasingly the norm in North America, in Japan a folk category of senility exists known as boke. Although symptomatically and conceptually overlapping with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of senile dementia, boke is distinguished from unambiguously pathological conditions. Rather than being viewed as a disease, boke is seen as an illness over which people have some degree of control. John Traphagan's ethnographic study of older Japanese explores their experiences as they contemplate and attempt to prevent or delay the boke condition.

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