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Aging and the Indian diaspora: cosmopolitan families in India and abroad

By: Publication details: 2012 Orient BlackSwan HyderabadDescription: xvi, 336 pISBN:
  • 9788125045144
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3808991411  L2A4
Summary: The proliferation of old age homes and increasing numbers of elderly living alone are remarkable new phenomena in India. These trends are related to extensive overseas migration, the transnational dispersal of families amidst global labor markets and the rise of a new Indian middle class. Sarah Lamb's moving and insightful account based on nearly fifteen years of fieldwork in India and the United States, with a focus on Kolkata takes us inside Indias emerging old age homes and into the households of elders living alone in India and with US-settled children abroad. Lamb also investigates recent state efforts to legally mandate parental care in India, and scrutinizes the ways senior Indian Americans make use of and critically reflect upon forms of state-supported elder care prevalent in the United States.
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The proliferation of old age homes and increasing numbers of elderly living alone are remarkable new phenomena in India. These trends are related to extensive overseas migration, the transnational dispersal of families amidst global labor markets and the rise of a new Indian middle class. Sarah Lamb's moving and insightful account based on nearly fifteen years of fieldwork in India and the United States, with a focus on Kolkata takes us inside Indias emerging old age homes and into the households of elders living alone in India and with US-settled children abroad. Lamb also investigates recent state efforts to legally mandate parental care in India, and scrutinizes the ways senior Indian Americans make use of and critically reflect upon forms of state-supported elder care prevalent in the United States.

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