Taming oblivion : aging bodies and the fear of senility in Japan
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書誌事項
Taming oblivion : aging bodies and the fear of senility in Japan
（SUNY series in Japan in transition）
State University of New York Press, c2000
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Taming Oblivion examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese. While the biomedical construction of senility-as-pathology has become increasingly the norm in North America, in Japan a folk category of senility exists known as boke. Although symptomatically and conceptually overlapping with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of senile dementia, boke is distinguished from unambiguously pathological conditions. Rather than being viewed as a disease, boke is seen as an illness over which people have some degree of control. John Traphagan's ethnographic study of older Japanese explores their experiences as they contemplate and attempt to prevent or delay the boke condition.
目次
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
1. Introduction: The Road to Oblivion
PART I: Of Old and New
2. Inaka
3. History and Continuity: Household, Community, and Old Age in Jonai
PART II: Age-Structuring Practices
4. Talking about Age
5. Age Grading around Jonai
PART III: Aging, Activity, and the Body
6. Being a Rojin: Activity and Camaraderie in the Elder Age Grade
7. Boke and the Disembodiment of Social Values: Mental and Physical Health as Social Responsibility
8. Taming Oblivion: Power, Collectivity, and the Body Politic
9. Conclusion: In the Shadow of Obasuteyama
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
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