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Author:

Thang, Leng Leng, 1965-

Title:

Generations in touch : linking the old and young in a Tokyo neighborhood / Leng Leng Thang.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

x, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Kotoen (Age-integrated institution : Tokyo, Japan)
Aged--Institutional care--Tokyo.--Tokyo.
Intergenerational relations--Tokyo.--Tokyo.
Aged--Housing--Tokyo.--Tokyo.
Aged--Tokyo--Tokyo--Attitudes.
Retirees--Japan--Attitudes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.

Contents:

The problem : reengagement -- The place : staff, residents, and children -- Rhythms of reencounters -- The goal : a big family eating from the same rice pot -- The vision : dream family -- Fureai : encounters and exchanges -- Fureai : realities -- Window to society.

Series:

The anthropology of contemporary issues

ISBN:

9780801487323 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801487323 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801438431 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801438438 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45064739

LCCN:

00011401

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)