Anthropological perspectives on aging /
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| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Britteny M. Howell and Ryan P. Harrod
- Part I. Evolutionary and Biological Perspectives on Aging
- Reproductive and Social Aspects of Aging in Non-Human Primates / Joyce A. Parga
- Human Adaptability to Age-Related Biological Changes / Ryan P. Harrod and Alyssa Willett
- Biocultural Perspectives on Aging: Importance of the Microbiome / Melissa K. Melby, Ankita Kansal, and Mark Nichter
- Aging and Childcare: A Biocultural Approach to Grandmothering in Ukraine / Sofiya Shreyer and Julie Hemment
- Menopause: A lifespan perspective with a focus on stress / Peteneinuo Rulu and Lynnette Leidy Sievert
- Part II. Medical and Cultural Perspectives on Aging
- Age-Related Changes in Human Skin: Impacts on Health and Perceptions of Attractiveness / Heather L. Norton
- How Old is Your Patient?: A Medical Anthropological Approach to Age / Suzan Yazici and Nilufer Korkmaz Yaylagul
- The Importance of Traditional Foods and Subsistence Activities for Healthy Aging in Alaska Native Communities / Britteny M. Howell, Ruby L. Fried & Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka
- Caring for Karma: Death, Rebirth, and the Other "Successful Aging" On the Roof of the World / Jing Wang
- The Aging Body in Islam: Exploring the Experiences of Older, Dying Muslims in the United States / Cortney Hughes Rinker
- Dementia and the Divided Personhood in China / Yan Zhang
- Generativity, Gender, and a 'Good Old Age among Urban Dwelling Older Yoruba People in Southwest Nigeria / Ojo Melvin Agunbiade
- Part III. Anthropological Theory and Methods for Researching Aging
- Conceptualizing Frailty in the Quick and the Dead / Douglas E. Crews and Kathryn E. Marklein
- Methodological Issues in Participatory Research with Older Adults / Jean J. Schensul
- Recruiting Participants for Dementia Research Without Saying "Dementia": A Site Study in Central Mexico / Eric E. Griffith
- Future Directions for an Anthropology of Aging / Britteny M. Howell and Ryan P. Harrod