The anthropology of aging and well-being
Subtitle: searching for the space and time to cultivate life together
By: edited by Nanami Suzuki
Contributors: Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan
Series: Senri ethnological studies -- no. 80; Senri ethnological studies -- no. 80.
Publisher: National Museum of Ethnology
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Osaka
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9784901906982
Subjects: Aging; Age factors; Psychology; Social aspects; Well-being; Older people; Social conditions; Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The meaning of time and space for cultivating life. Carrying out care : an exploration of time and space in cooperative life design / Nanami Suzuki; title: Reconsidering the meaning of nourishing life: an attempt to energize the concept of well-being / Hiroaki Terasaki; title: The welfare complex, Sosu Asahi-no-oka: the idea of a facility where people can snuggle up to each other / Hironobu Shirozu; title: The regeneration of living places by sharing cultures. The pursuit of well-being by elderly Japanese women and the symbolism of bridal noren door curtains / Yoko Taniguchi; title: A reflection on the meaning of play in tourism for people's well-being / Hideki Endo; title: Achieving dreams in one's post-retirement second life : a study of seniors' migration from Japan to Canada / Chikako Yamada; title: The role of active aging in the well-being of elderly Japanese in Brazil / Itsuko Kanamoto; title: A reflection on time during life stage transitions. Coping with anxiety in a long-living society : elderly Japanese pilgrims and their life design for living happily ever after / Kuniko Fujiwara; title: Aging and dying in a rural lowland area of Laos : a consideration of the process of creating a good death together / Mitsuhiro Iwasa; title: A reflection on time and space for crossing over in life : weaving a story that reverberates in the world and outer space / Nanami Suzuki.