Description
| Product ID: | 9780367370718 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Cultures of Ageing and Ageism in India |
| Authors: | Author: Kaustav Bakshi, Paromita Chakravarti |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, History, Popular culture, Gender studies, gender groups, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Age groups: the elderly, Social and cultural anthropology, Personal and public health / health education, Nursing, Regional geography, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Humanities, Popular culture, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Age groups: the elderly, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Personal & public health, Nursing, Regional geography, Health & personal development, India |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines the discourses on ageing and ageism in Indian culture, politics, art and society. It explores its representations and the anxieties, fears and vulnerabilities associated with ageing. This book examines the discourses on ageing and ageism in Indian culture, politics, art and society. It explores its representations and the anxieties, fears and vulnerabilities associated with ageing. The volume looks at ageing within the contexts of the larger discourses of gender, sexuality, nation, health and the performance and politics of ageing. The chapters grapple with diverse issues around ageing and elder care in contemporary India, shifts in socio-economic conditions and the breakdown of the heteropatriarchal family. The book includes personal accounts and narratives that detail the daily experiences of ageing and living with disease, anxiety, loneliness and loss for both elders and their friends and families. The book also explores the models of alternative networks of kinship and care that queer elders in India create in India as well as examining narratives—in society, art, sports and popular culture that both critique and challenge stereotypical ideas about the desires, aspirations, and mental and physical capabilities of elders. Topical and comprehensive, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gerontology, literature, cultural studies, popular culture, sociology, social psychology, queer studies, gender studies, social anthropology, and South Asian studies. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge India |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-01-30 |
