Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in

Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan (Suny Series in Japan in Transition)

Examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese. Taming Oblivion examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese. While the biomedical construction of senility-as-pathology has become increasingly the norm in North America, in Japan a folk category of senility exists known as boke. Although symptomatically and conceptually overlapping with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of senile dementia, boke is distinguished from unambiguously pathological conditions. Rather than being viewed as a disease, boke is seen as an illness over which people have some degree of control. John Traphagan's ethnographic study of older Japanese explores their experiences as they contemplate and attempt to prevent or delay the boke condition.
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
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EANs 9780791445006
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan (Suny Series in Japan in Transition)

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780791445006
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00