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Aging and the Indian diaspora : cosmopolitan families in India and abroad /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lamb, Sarah, 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
Series:Tracking globalization.
Subjects:
East Indian diaspora.
East Indians > United States > Social conditions.
Older people > India > Social conditions.
Aging > India.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the remaking of aging
  • The production of tradition, modernity, and a new middle class
  • The rise of old age homes in India
  • Becoming an elder-abode member
  • Tea and the forest: making a western institution Indian
  • Living alone as a way of life
  • Moving abroad
  • Changing families and the state.