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Author Cohen, Lawrence, 1961-

Title No aging in India : Alzheimer's, the bad family, and other modern things / Lawrence Cohen
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) : illustrations
Contents Orientations -- Alzheimer's Hell -- Knowledge, Practice, and the Bad Family -- Memory Banks -- The Anger of the Rishis -- The Maladjustment of the Bourgeoisie -- Chapati Bodies -- Dog Ladies and the Beriya Baba -- The Body in Time
Summary From the opening sequence, in which mid-19th-century Indian fishermen hear the possibility of redemption in an old woman's madness, 'No Aging in India' captures the reader with its interplay of story and analysis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index
Notes English
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Subject Aging -- Anthropological aspects.
Ethnology -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aging -- Anthropological aspects -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Senile dementia -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Alzheimer's disease -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aging.
Ethnology.
Alzheimer's disease.
Anthropology.
Mental illness.
Social sciences.
Aging
Anthropology, Cultural
Alzheimer Disease
Dementia
Anthropology
Mental Disorders
Social Sciences
anthropology.
mental disorders.
social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
Social sciences
Nervous system -- Diseases
Mental illness
Diseases
Central nervous system -- Diseases
Brain -- Diseases
Anthropology
Aging
Aging -- Anthropological aspects
Alzheimer's disease
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Senile dementia
Social & Cultural Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
SUBJECT Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Social life and customs
India
Subject India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97038659
ISBN 9780520925328
0520925327
0585068801
9780585068800
9780520083967
0520083962