Anthropology 3332F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter online reading : Menopause
19 Nov 2017
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Old age in the temple town of bhubaneswar. Based on ethnographic data, it suggests that there are two competing cultural constructions of old age: one as withdrawal from the struggles of the mundane world and the other as a second childhood. Research conducted on older women in india. Older women express negligence in the part of their children. The young see them as being childish again and selfish. Those who follow the norm of aging as resting and being passive generally have a better experience than those that deviate from the norm. Disengagement theory - that with old age, people become less attached or involved in their communities. A lot of similarity with bengali women from lamb"s article. When talking of lifespan, the hindu women speak in terms of responsibilities. Marriage as a huge point of change. A mutual identity of senior wife and married mother in law. Senior wives no longer have chores to do but junior wives do.
