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Autore |
Cohen Lawrence <1961-> |
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Titolo |
No aging in India : Alzheimer's, the bad family, and other modern things / / Lawrence Cohen |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1998 |
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0-520-92532-7 |
0-585-06880-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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