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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11751714.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Road to Oblivion -- Of Old and New -- Inaka -- History and Continuity: Household, Community, and Old Age in Jonai -- Age-Structuring Practices -- Talking about Age -- Age Grading around Jonai -- Aging, Activity, and the Body -- Being a Rojin: Activity and Camaraderie in the Elder Age Grade -- Boke and the Disembodiment of Social Values: Mental and Physical Health as Social Responsibility -- Taming Oblivion: Power, Collectivity, and the Body Politic -- Conclusion: In the Shadow of Obasuteyama.".
- catalog extent "xii, 225 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Taming oblivion.".
- catalog identifier "0791444996 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791445003 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Taming oblivion.".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in Japan in transition".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog relation "Taming oblivion.".
- catalog spatial "Japan.".
- catalog subject "305.26/0952 21".
- catalog subject "Aging Anthropological aspects Japan.".
- catalog subject "Aging Social aspects Japan.".
- catalog subject "HQ1064.J3 T73 2000".
- catalog subject "Older people Japan.".
- catalog subject "Senile dementia Japan.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Road to Oblivion -- Of Old and New -- Inaka -- History and Continuity: Household, Community, and Old Age in Jonai -- Age-Structuring Practices -- Talking about Age -- Age Grading around Jonai -- Aging, Activity, and the Body -- Being a Rojin: Activity and Camaraderie in the Elder Age Grade -- Boke and the Disembodiment of Social Values: Mental and Physical Health as Social Responsibility -- Taming Oblivion: Power, Collectivity, and the Body Politic -- Conclusion: In the Shadow of Obasuteyama.".
- catalog title "Taming oblivion : aging bodies and the fear of senility in Japan / John W. Traphagan.".
- catalog type "text".