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Experiencing Grandparenthood: An Asian Perspective (Social Indicators Research Series Book 47) by Kalyani K. Mehta, Leng Leng Thang (auth.), Kalyani K. Mehta, Leng Leng Thang (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Within the context of an ageing Asia, the growing numbers of grandparents and the important roles they play within the family propel the need for a book devoted to their experiences. This book, with its focus on the Asian perspective, is pertinent and timely as Asia has undergone socio-cultural, economic and family transformations as a result of modernization, urbanization and demographic aging in the last century. In filling a gap in the current literature, the volume seeks to answer the following questions, what is the state of grandparenting in the Asian context today? How do the roles and functions of grandparents differ depending on rural-urban differences, their relations with daughters and daughter-in-laws, and changing health of the grandparents? The book is a multidisciplinary, cross-national and inter-generational publication, lending voice to the aging grandparents in six countries i.e. China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The volume’s strength lies precisely in its rich body of qualitative, three-generational data, including grandparents, link parents and grandchildren. Gerontologists, social researchers, anthropologists, social workers, policy mak

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Author

Kalyani K. Mehta, Leng Leng Thang (auth.), Kalyani K. Mehta, Leng Leng Thang (eds.)

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9786613456342

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Medical, Psychology