Aging and the Indian diaspora : cosmopolitan families in India and abroad / Sarah Lamb.

By:

Lamb, Sarah, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Orient BlackSwan Pvt Ltd, 2009.Description: xvi, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9788125045144 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

306.3808991411 LAM 23 007131

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Table of contents

Contents:

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.

Summary: Indian families cope with aging in a transnational era.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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.

Indian families cope with aging in a transnational era.

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