Aging and the Indian Diaspora: Cosmopolitan Families in India and Abroad (Tracking Globalization)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253221005 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sarah Lamb is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. She is author of White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender and Body in North India and co-editor of Everyday Life in South Asia (IUP, 2002).
"Aging and the Indian Diaspora is lucidly written and solidly argued. This is a recommended reading!" H-Asia Reviews, February 2010"Lamb has produced a very easy to read, engaging, and good book. 112, No. The photos add to the quality of immediacy and liveliness. She is able to capture a good deal about the culture of, and family relationships in, Bengali middle class families." Contemporary Sociology"Sarah Lamb's compassionate voice and reflexive insights weave around the moving narratives of Bengali elders in this beautifully w
Lamb's study probes debates and cultural assumptions in both India and the United States regarding how best to age; the proper social-moral relationship among individuals, genders, families, the market, and the state; and ways of finding meaning in the human life course.. These trends are related to extensive overseas migration and the transnational dispersal of families. In this moving and insightful account, Sarah Lamb shows that older persons are innovative agents in the processes of social-cultural change. The proliferation of old age homes and increasing numbers of elderly living alone are startling new phenomena in India
Robert Black said Universal touching. Having enjoyed the real characters Sarah Lamb gave us in White Saris and Sweet Mangoes, I was looking forward to a continuation of life with the same folks in India. Her latest, Aging and The Inidan Diaspora, has a farther reach and Sarah includes all of us in considering age and aging. I have become a fan of her writing style; she utilizes full rich sentences, never run-on, usually w