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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495887503321

Autore

Cohen Lawrence <1961->

Titolo

No aging in India : Alzheimer's, the bad family, and other modern things / / Lawrence Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1998

ISBN

0-520-92532-7

0-585-06880-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

305.26

Soggetti

Aging - Anthropological aspects - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Aging - Anthropological aspects

Alzheimer's disease - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Ethnology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Senile dementia - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Aging - India

Anthropology, Cultural - India

Alzheimer Disease - India

Dementia - India

Social & Cultural Anthropology

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

From the opening sequence, in which mid-19th-century Indian fishermen hear the possibility of redemption in an old woman's madness, 'No Aging in India' captures the reader with its interplay of story and analysis.