Journal article
Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Attempts at the Comparative Analysis of Old Age
Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, v 10(4), pp 357-364
01 Dec 1995
Abstract
A review essay on books by: Steven M. Albert & Maria G. Cattell, Old Age in a Global Perspective: Cross-Cultural and Cross National Views (New York: G. K. Hall & Co, 1994); & George L. Maddox & M. Powell Lawton (Eds), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Focus on Kinship, Aging, and Social Change (New York: Springer, 1993 [see listings in IRPS No. 85]). In the work by Albert & Cattell, the lack of aging studies of non-European/non-North American societies is compensated for by consistent & insightful analyses of a wide range of data. Of particular interest is the treatment of resource control by the elderly & intergenerational resource transmission. Although Maddox & Lester admirably draw on research in both gerontology as well as extradisciplinary material from sociology, demography, & anthropology in assembling their volume, they fail to provide focus with a synoptic chapter. 19 References. J. Sadler
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- Title
- Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Attempts at the Comparative Analysis of Old Age
- Creators
- Anthony Glascock - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, v 10(4), pp 357-364
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication, Culture, and Media
- Other Identifier
- 991022025332904721