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This rich ethnography explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. Sarah Lamb focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. Lamb uses a focus on age as a means not only to open up new ways of thinking about South Asian social life, but also to contribute to contemporary theories of gender, the body, and culture, which have been hampered, the book argues, by a static focus on youth. Lamb's own experiences in the village are an integral part of her book and ably convey the cultural particularities of rural Bengali life and Bengali notions of modernity. In exploring ideals of family life and the intricate interrelationships between and within generations, she enables us to understand how people in the village construct, and deconstruct, their lives. At the same time her study extends beyond India to contemporary attitudes about aging in the United States. This accessible and engaging book is about deeply human issues and will appeal not only to specialists in South Asian culture, but to anyone interested in families, aging, gender, religion, and the body.

Aged-- India-- Bengal-- Social conditions. --- Aging. --- Aging - India - Bengal - Family relations. --- Bengal. --- Beri-beri. --- Family relations. --- India. --- Older people. --- Older people - India - Bengal - Psychological aspects. --- Psychological aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Social conditions. --- Gerontology --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- #SBIB:39A75 --- #SBIB:39A10 --- #SBIB:39A11 --- Etnografie: Azië --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Antropologie : socio-politieke structuren en relaties --- Older people --- Aging --- Family relationships --- Aged --- Aging people --- Elderly people --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older persons --- Senior citizens --- Seniors (Older people) --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Physiological effect --- Age groups --- Persons --- Gerontocracy --- Old age --- Developmental biology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Psychological aspects --- Social conditions --- aging. --- american history. --- bengali. --- contemporary. --- cultural history. --- cultural studies. --- domestic. --- ethnographer. --- ethnography. --- family life. --- gender studies. --- gender. --- growing old. --- growing up. --- human body. --- india. --- interpersonal. --- modern world. --- modernity. --- relationships. --- religion. --- religious studies. --- rural village. --- rural. --- small town. --- social history. --- social life. --- social studies. --- south asia. --- specialists. --- united states. --- us history. --- villagers.