Aging and the Indian diaspora

Lamb, Sarah, 1960-

Aging and the Indian diaspora cosmopolitan families in India and abroad / [electronic resource] : Sarah Lamb. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009. - xvi, 336 p. : ill. - Tracking globalization . - Tracking globalization. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the remaking of aging -- The production of tradition, modernity, and a new middle class -- The rise of old age homes in India -- Becoming an elder-abode member -- Tea and the forest: making a western institution Indian -- Living alone as a way of life -- Moving abroad -- Changing families and the state.


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Aging--India.
Older people--Social conditions.--India
East Indians--Social conditions.--United States
East Indian diaspora.


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