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Fiestas, Saints and Spirituality: Collective Rituals as Community Eldercare in Andalusia 节日、圣徒和灵性:安达卢西亚社区老年人护理的集体仪式

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-11-18 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.384

Chloë Place

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Book Review: Changes in Care: Aging, Migration, and Social Class in West Africa 书评:《护理的变化:西非的老龄化、移民和社会阶层》

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.388

Swetlana Torno

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Modest Swimwear, Religiosity and Aging: Apparel and Physical Activity for Women Throughout the Life Course 适度的泳装，宗教信仰和衰老:女性在整个生命过程中的服装和体育活动

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.359

A. Kabel

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Book Review: Preventing Dementia? Critical Perspectives on a New Paradigm of Preparing for Old Age 书评:预防痴呆症?一种新的养老准备范式的批判视角

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.387

Noa Vana

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Respect, Gratitude, and Closure: A Trip of Honor and Remembrance 尊重、感激和结束:一次荣誉和纪念之旅

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.358

Lynette M. Castronovo, Matthew D. Dalstrom, Brandie Messer

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Technologies of Ascription: How Does a Dementia Diagnosis Acquire its Symbolic Power of Exclusion in Later Life? 归因技术:痴呆症诊断如何在以后的生活中获得排斥的象征力量?

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.355

S. Libert, P. Higgs

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Professional Women and Elder Care in Contemporary Japan: Anxiety and the Move Toward Technocare 当代日本职业女性与老年护理:焦虑与技术护理

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.360

Anne Aronsson

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What Older Prisoners Teach Us About Care and Justice in An Aging World 老年囚犯教我们在老龄化的世界里关心和正义

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.395

Jason Danely

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Book Review: Culture, Context and Ageing of Older Indians: Narratives from India and Beyond 书评:《印度老年人的文化、背景和老龄化:来自印度和其他国家的叙事》

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.392

Ketaki Chowkhani

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Book Review: Empowering the Elderly? How ‘Help to Self-Help’ Health Interventions Shape Ageing and Eldercare in Denmark 书评:赋予老年人权力?“帮助自助”健康干预措施如何影响丹麦的老龄化和老年人护理

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2022.389

Ellen A. Ahlness