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Calling family : digital technologies and the making of transnational care collectives /

"How do digital technologies shape how people care for each other and, through that, who they are? This is a particularly pertinent question today, as technological innovation is on the rise while increasing migration is introducing vast distances among family members. The situation has been ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahlin, Tanja (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2023]
Series:Medical anthropology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
Subjects:
Older people > Care > India.
Adult children of aging parents > India.
Families > India > Psychological aspects.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Inde.
Enfants adultes de parents âgés > Inde.
Familles > Inde > Aspect psychologique.
MEDICAL / General.
Adult children of aging parents
Older people > Care
India
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • Part 1. MAPPING LANDSCAPES
  • 1 · ENACTING CARE
  • 2 · CRAFTING THE FIELD
  • 3 · STRUGGLING WITH ABANDONMENT
  • Part 2. CARING THROUGH TRANSNATIONAL COLLECTIVES
  • 4 · CALLING FREQUENTLY
  • 5 · SHIFTING DUTIES
  • 6 · DOING HEALTH
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • APPENDIX: Note on Methodology
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR