CALL FOR ENTRIES: AVA 2021 BEST VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL AWARD ADDRESSING AGING AND THE LIFE COURSE AGENET, AAGE and VANEASA are inviting anthropological works which through the employment of visual methods address the issues surrounding aging and the life course in creative ways, offering new modes of engagement and understanding.The jury will award up to […]
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Book Review: Cole, Ellen and Lisa Hollis-Sawyer, eds. Older Women Who Work: Resilience, Choice, and Change. Washington: American Psychological Association. 2020. pp 282. Price: $59.99 (Paperback); $56.99 (eBook)
Reviewed by Urša Bratun (ursa.bratun@zf.uni-lj.si) University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Alma Mater Europaea ECM, Slovenia
Book Review: Gilleard, Chris and Paul Higgs. Social Division and Later Life: Difference, Diversity and Inequality. Bristol Policy Press. 2020. pp 216. Price: $103.75 (Hardcover); $37.55 (eBook and Paperback)
Reviewed by Ashwin Tripathi (ashwin.tripathi@iitgn.ac.in) Humanities and Social Science; Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India In Social Division and Later Life: Differences, Diversity and Inequality, Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs (2020) emphasize the increasing heterogeneity of a growing group of older adults, here looking through the lens of social divisions to interrogate the diversity of […]
Book Review: Sokolovsky, Jay, ed. The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives, 4th Edition. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. 2020. pp. 707. Price: $108 (Hardcopy); $59 (Paperback); $56 (eTextbook).
Reviewed by Bjarke Oxlund (bjarke.oxlund@anthro.ku.dk) University of Copenhagen
Book Review: Shea, Jeanne, Katrina Moore and Hong Zhang, eds. Beyond Filial Piety: Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies. New York, NY: Berghahn. 2020. pp. 432. Price: $ 149.00 (Hardcopy); $39.95 (eBook).
Reviewed by Francesco Diodati University of Milan-Bicocca
Anthropology & Aging 41(2) Special issue on “The Ends of Life” and COVID-19 and Aging Bodies
Table of Contents Anthropology & Aging 41(2) December 2020 Special Issue Articles INTRODUCTION. The Ends of Life: Time and Meaning in Later Years Iza Kavedzija PDF 1-8 “Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery”: Dying in South African Frail Care Casey Golomski PDF 9-23 Family, Time, and Meaning toward the End of Life in Japan […]
In Memoriam: Madelyn (Micki) Iris, PhD
Submitted by Rebecca Berman, Margaret Perkinson, Robert Schrauf, and Ellen Ziegemeier Madelyn (Micki) Iris PhD, FSfAA, FGSA, passed away on January 7, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois at age 73 after having been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Micki received her BA in English from Northwestern University, MA in Medieval Studies from University of Toronto, […]
Theater Review: The Other, a play by Megan Moodie, Jersey City Theater Center (May 20, 2020)
Reviewed by Leslie Carlin Senior Research Associate, Department of Physical Therapy Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation Unit University of Toronto, Canada
Book Review: Brainer, Amy. Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan. Rutgers University Press. 2019. Price: $100 (Hardback); $29 (Paperback and Ebook).
Reviewed by Samantha L. Grace Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Santa Clara University
Book Review: Katz, Stephen, ed. Aging in Everyday Life: Materiality and Embodiments. Policy Press. 2019. pp 230. Price: $115.00 (Hardcover); $45.95 (Paperback).
Reviewed by Theresa Southam Chair, Teaching and Learning Institute, Selkirk College Fellow, Institute for Social Innovation, Fielding Graduate University