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225 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780791444993
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 17 February 2000
Description
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 Ameri...
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225 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780791444993
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 17 February 2000
Description
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 Ameri...