Beyond filial piety : rethinking aging and caregiving in contemporary East Asian societies / edited by Jeanne Shea, Katrina Moore, and Hong Zhang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shea, Jeanne Laraine, editor.

Moore, Katrina L., editor.

Zhang, Hong, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Life course, culture and aging ; v. 6.

Life course, culture and aging: Global transformations ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Care--East Asia.

Older people.

Filial piety.

Older people--Care.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 419 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2020.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Electronic version: BEYOND FILIAL PIETY.

ISBN:

9781789207897

1789207894

Publisher Number:

40030107824

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