China, aging, and theory / Jason L. Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Jason L., 1971-

Series:

Social perspectives of aging

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--China.

Aging.

Gerontology.

Older people--Government policy--China.

Older people.

Older people--China--Economic conditions.

Older people--China--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a theoretical critique and analysis of the development and consolidation of power in China as it applies to ageing. In seeking to deal with this increased proportion of elderly people, Chinese state policy seeks to introduce ways of reducing the fiscal burden of ageing upon the state, and indeed upon those many families who have been markedly affected by the modernisation process. This book, however, fundamentally questions the assumption that populational policies in the Chinese state are unbiased in their social practices with older people. The book explores new topics of ageing in China grounded in and drawing from developments in social theory, (ie), Foucauldian theory and postmodernism.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Activity, aging, and China

China, gerontology, and the bio-medicalization of aging : reflections and issues

A Foucauldian analysis of aging in China

Postmodernism, aging identity, and narrative in China

Beyond China : aging in Asia

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [67]-73) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62100-924-6