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As the leaves turn gold : Asian Americans and experiences of aging / Bandana Purkayastha ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library HQ1064.U5 A757 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Diversity and aging
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older Asian Americans.
- Older Asian Americans--Social conditions.
- Aging--United States.
- Aging.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 172 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]
- Summary:
- As the Leaves Turn Gold focuses on the experiences of aging among women and men of Asian origin-both immigrants and citizens-in the contemporary United States. Drawing on interviews and survey data, the authors discuss the experiences of different groups of Asian Americans to analyze how ideologies, interactions, and institutional arrangements shape racialized, gendered, and classed aging in America today. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Whose lives? whose voices? : methodological choices for studying Asian Americans and
- Aging
- The life course within and beyond families
- Care work within and beyond families
- Constructing new lives
- Citizenship and aging
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442209114
- 1442209119
- 9781442209138
- 1442209135
- OCLC:
- 779265268
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