{"product_id":"through-japanese-eyes-thirty-years-of-studying-aging-in-america-hardback-9781978819566","title":"Through Japanese Eyes; Thirty Years of Studying Aging in America (Hardback) 9781978819566","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThrough Japanese Eyes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThirty Years of Studying Aging in America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYohko Tsuji (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978819566\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 8 b-w images, 8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.458 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/tritonmag.com\/elders\/\"'\u003e\"The Gifts of Elders\" by Yohko Tsuji\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Triton Magazine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Yohko Tsuji offers carefully crafted prose and an inviting tone that welcomes the reader to share her three decades of research on community-based aging. She begins with a critical overview of the anthropological scholarship on aging, giving students and colleagues a firm foundation in anthropological approaches to aging and why they are distinctly powerful. A native of Japan, she draws on both emic and etic perspectives in discussing how culture informs social networks based on mutual support, friendship, kinship, and proximity.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Maria Vesperi, co-editor of Anthropology off the Shelf: Anthropologists on Writing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2020\/11\/anthropologist-examines-aging-us-through-japanese-eyes\"'\u003e\"Anthropologist examines aging in U.S. 'Through Japanese Eyes,'\" by Kate Blackwood\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2020\/11\/anthropologist-examines-aging-us-through-japanese-eyes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Cornell Chronicle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Aging in America: Professors study offers hope for fear of getting old\" by Matt Steecker\u003c\/div\u003e— The Ithaca Journal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"I recommend the book for everyone.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— The Plaza Review\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThrough Japanese Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm and sympathetic portrait of mutual support and cooperation among older people in the United States. Spanning from the 1980s through to the present day, it reveals the value of long-term personal engagement with a research site and subject matter.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Iza Kavedžija, author of Making Meaningful Lives: Tales from an Aging Japan\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Tsuji was born in Japan and came to the U.S. for college in the Seventies; she's now an adjunct associate professor of anthropology on the Hill. Her new book, based on three decades of research at a senior center in Upstate New York, examines old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective, comparing how aging is experienced in her adopted and native countries. 'It seems that Americans detest old age because it represents the antithesis of the country's cultural ideals. In other words, culture is the culprit for the plight of American elders,' Tsuji writes in the introduction. 'By contrast, Japanese culture seems to offer a neat prescription for the problems of old age: for example, co-residence with children, an emphasis on interdependence, and the Confucian ethics of filial piety.'\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Cornell Alumni Magazine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/madeofclay.org\/yohko-tsuji\/\"'\u003eMade of Clay Review interview with Yohko Tsuji\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Made of Clay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThrough Japanese Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparing aging in America and in her native Japan, she discovers that notable differences in the panhuman experience of aging are rooted in cultural differences between these two countries, and that Americans have strongly negative attitudes toward aging because it represents the antithesis of cherished American values, especially independence. Tsuji reveals that American culture, despite its seeming lack of guidance for those aging, plays a pivotal role in elders' lives, simultaneously assisting and constraining them. Furthermore, the author's lengthy period of research illustrates major changes in her interlocutors' lives, incorporating their declines and death, and significant shifts in the culture of aging in American society as Tsuji herself gets to know American culture and grows into senescence herself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThrough Japanese Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e offers an ethnography of aging in America from a cross-cultural perspective based on a lengthy period of research. It illustrates how older Americans cope with the gap between the ideal (e.g., independence) and the real (e.g., needing assistance) of growing older, and the changes the author observed over thirty years of research.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e  List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e  List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e  Preface\u003cbr\u003e  Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Japanese Names\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction: Anthropology, Cultural Values, and Aging\u003cbr\u003e  1  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eActivities as Value at Lake District Senior Center\u003cbr\u003e  2  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eElders Supporting Each Other to Help Themselves\u003cbr\u003e  3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Networking at Lake District Senior Center\u003cbr\u003e  4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Post-Retirement Housing and Living Arrangements\u003cbr\u003e  5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Who Supports Older Americans?: Families, Self, and Other Sources\u003cbr\u003e  6  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Temporal Complexity in Older Americans' Lives\u003cbr\u003e  7 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Changes and Continuities Over Thirty Years of Research\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Challenges and Hopes in the New Frontier of Aging\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744622702872,"sku":"9781978819566","price":91.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/through-japanese-eyes-thirty-years-of-studying-aging-in-america-hardback-9781978819566","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}