Anthropology 3332F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Old Age, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Moral Authority

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 3332F/G
• Professor: Andrew Walsh

Document Summary

Withdrawal or second childhood: the challenge of old age in the temple town of. This article explores the variability and understanding of old age (direct, immediate, and experiential) amongst women of all ages in the temple town of bhubaneswar in the eastern indian state of orissa. Variability in terms of how old vs younger women view this phase of life. Older women understand old age and death as: suffering, loneliness, and neglect by ones children, also seen as an escape from the workday world, shrill, anger, sorrow, and quiet satisfaction. Greater consensus about old age/death amongst young women who have yet to reach this stage in their lives: described old age as a second childhood . Juniors tend to view this dependency as unattractive (compared to that of a baby) because of the selfishness, greed, and lack of self- control that the old supposedly display).