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Ageing and intergenerational relations
— family reciprocity from a global perspective | | Author(s) | Misa Izuhara |
| Publisher | Policy Press, Bristol, 2010 |
| Pages | 165 pp (Ageing and the lifecourse series) |
| Source | The Policy Press, University of Bristol, Fourth Floor, Beacon House, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1QU. http://www.policypress.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Family care ; Family relationships ; Assets [elderly] ; International. |
| Annotation | "Reciprocity" implies "equal or comparable exchange" of resources between individuals or groups, while "intergenerational relations" refers to different levels of relationships between the generations as well as family relations in general. Contributors to this book explore the exchange of support between generations, and examine variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and societies around the world. They review key theoretical and conceptual debates around intergenerational relations, and offer new insights and an understanding of exchange practices based on case studies from different regions and relationships. These include: housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia; grandparents and HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa; spiritual debt and the notion of "dutiful daughter" in Thailand; and reciprocity in intergenerational relations in step-families in the US. The editor concludes by discussing whether new patterns of family reciprocity are emerging. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100315005 B |
| Classmark | BG: P6:SJ: DS:SJ: JD: 72 |
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