Growing Old in a New China: Transitions in Elder Care

by Rose Keimig

Book Overview

Growing Old in a New China: Transitions in Elder Care is an accessible exploration of changing care arrangements in China. Combining anthropological theory, ethnographic vignettes, and cultural and social history, it sheds light on the growing movement from home-based to institutional elder care in urban China. The book examines how tensions between old and new ideas, desires, and social structures are reshaping the experience of caring and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978813910
• ISBN13: 9781978813915
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher