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Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan (Japan in Translation)

John W. Traphagan

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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan (Japan in Translation). To get started finding Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan (Japan in Translation), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan (Japan in Translation). To get started finding Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan (Japan in Translation), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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