Reviewed by Francisca Yuenki LAI National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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Book Review: Cohan, Deborah, J. Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. 2020. pp. 184. Price: $26.95 (Hardcover; eBook).
Reviewed by Christina Barmon, Central Connecticut State University
Book Review: Aubrecht, Katie, Christine Kelly and Carla Rice, eds. The Aging-Disability Nexus. Vancouver: UBC Press. 2020. $70.85 (Hardcover). $25.95 (Paperback and eBook)
Reviewed by: Yvonne Wallace University of Toronto, Canada yvonne.wallace@mail.utoronto.ca
Book Review: Coe, Cati. The New American Servitude: Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers. New York: NYU Press. 2019. pp. 304. Price: $32 (Paperback)
Reviewed by Lisa Krajecki, American University B. A. Paxton, American University Alana Lee Glaser, St. John’s University contact: glasera@stjohns.edu
Book Review: Gatta, Mary. Waiting on Retirement: Aging and Economic Insecurity in Low-Wage Work. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. 2019. pp 184. Price: $85 (Hardcover); $23.85 (Paperback).
Reviewed by: Neri de Kramer, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Associate in Arts Program, University of Delaware contact: dekramer@udel.edu
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
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 […]