Other ways of growing old : anthropological perspectives / edited by Pamela T. Amuss and Stevan Harrell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amoss, Pamela.

Harrell, Stevan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people.

Older people--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1981.

Contents:

Introduction / Pamela T. Amoss and Stevan Harrell

Evolutionary perspectives on human aging / Kenneth M. Weiss

"Nepotists" and "altruists" / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

"The old people give you life" / Megan Biesele and Nancy Howell

Old age among the Chipewyan / Henry S. Sharp

The elderly Asmat of New Guinea / Peter W. Van Arsdale

Old age in Gwembe District, Zambia / Elizabeth Colson and Thayer Scudder

Respected elder or old person / James D. Nason

Growing in reell

Old age in a south Indian village / Paul G. Hiebert

Coast Salish elders / Pamela T. Amoss.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [249]-261.

OCLC:

7351470