| Series |
Life course, culture and aging: Global transformations ; volume 6
Life course, culture and aging ; v. 6. ^A1166259
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| Contents |
Part I. Aging and caregiving in Chinese contexts -- 1. Old-age support in rural China: case study of the Jiangxiang Model for community-based filial piety / Youcai Tang and Jeanne Shea -- 2. Meanings of spousal eldercare in life and death in China / Jeanne Shea -- 3. "Too busy to do anything else" : how caregiving and urban sojourning impact the aging experience of China's migrant grandparents / Min Zhang -- 4. Population aging and care of the elderly in Hong Kong / Michelle Shum and Terry Lum -- 5. Teach me to be filial: intergenerational care in Singapore families / Leng Leng Thang and Kalyani Mehta -- 6. Constructing networks of eldercare across borders: the experiences of Taiwanese immigrants in the United States and their parents in the homeland / Ken Chih-Yan Sun. Part II. Aging and caregiving in Japanese contexts -- 7. Who cares for the elders? Aging, independence, and interdependence in contemporary Japan / Katrina Moore -- 8. "Son, I've already died and become a mummy": the sociocultural contexts of missing centenarians in super-aging Japan / Heekyoung Kim -- 9. Rethinking burden: Japanese eldercare careers from helping to grieving / Susan Long and Ruth Campbell. Part III. Aging and caregiving in Korean contexts -- 10. "Without feeling guilty" : filial piety and eldercare in twenty-first-century Korea / Hyun Ji Lee and Kyong Hee Chee -- 11. The dynamics of care in the context of limited repatriation of Sakhalin Korean elderly / Dorota Szawarska -- 12. Expansion of end-of-life care services in South Korea: a qualitative analysis of the experiences of family caregivers and hospice staff / Sooyoun Han and Jeanne Shea. -- Conclusion: Contemporary trends in and future directions for aging and caregiving in East Asian societies / Jeanne Shea, Katrina Moore, and Hong Zhang. |
| Abstract |
"East Asia is home to some of the oldest and most rapidly aging populations on earth. Known for Confucian filial piety and adult children caring for elderly parents at home, these societies are experiencing unprecedented social challenges to traditional forms of eldercare. This volume explores emerging cultural meanings and social responses to population aging in contemporary East Asian societies. Drawing on ethnographic, demographic, policy, archival, and media data, the authors trace both common patterns and diverging trends across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and Korea."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: BEYOND FILIAL PIETY. [Place of publication not identified] BERGHAHN Books, 2016 9781789207897 |
| Issued in other form | Original 1789207886 9781789207880 |
| ISBN | 9781789207897 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1789207894 (electronic bk.) |
