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Beyond Filial Piety - Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies (Paperback)
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Beyond Filial Piety - Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies (Paperback)
Series: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
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Known for a tradition of Confucian filial piety, East Asian
societies have some of the oldest and most rapidly aging
populations on earth. Today these societies are experiencing
unprecedented social challenges to the filial tradition of adult
children caring for aging parents at home. Marshalling mixed
methods data, this volume explores the complexities of aging and
caregiving in contemporary East Asia. Questioning romantic visions
of a senior's paradise, chapters examine emerging cultural meanings
of and social responses to population aging, including caregiving
both for and by the elderly. Themes include traditional ideals
versus contemporary realities, the role of the state, patterns of
familial and non-familial care, social stratification, and
intersections of caregiving and death. Drawing on ethnographic,
demographic, policy, archival, and media data, the authors trace
both common patterns and diverging trends across China, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and Korea.
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