Aging and the Indian diaspora : cosmopolitan families in India and abroad / Sarah Lamb.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi : Orient BlackSwan Pvt Ltd, 2009.Description: xvi, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9788125045144 (hbk.)
- 306.3808991411 LAM 23 007131
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Book | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | 306.3808991411 LAM 007131 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 007131 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-321) and index.
Introduction: the remaking of aging -- The production of tradition, modernity, and a new middle class -- The rise of old age homes in India -- Becoming an elder-abode member -- Tea and the forest: making a western institution Indian -- Living alone as a way of life -- Moving abroad -- Changing families and the state.
Indian families cope with aging in a transnational era.
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